I am wanting to learn how to create a module in VS 2005 for DNN so I downloaded the starter kit, opened VS and created a website selecting DotNetDuke Web Application Framework. Set up all the stuff, ran the without debug and got a successful install. When I go to the portal I get this message:

Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +91
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +83
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +2677
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64

Any help would be appreciated.

Mitchel,

When I add the second portal alias what do I specify as the URL?

Thanks, Chris

There are definate issues with the proxy included with visual studio, at least with the installation wizard (logged one here: DNN-5504).

Note to add a portal alias, say your domain name is: http://www.domainname.com, you enter in portal alias: www.domainname.com

If you are running locally then http://mydomain alias is mydomain. Don't forget to add your domain name to the hosts file (generally as 127.0.0.1), but no need if you are using localhost as the domain name (http://localhost/whatever becomes localhost/whatever as an alias).

Suggest you use IIS anyway.

Alex