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10/17/2008 2:23 PM
 

I'm still trying to get a hold of this whole DotNetNuke thing.. I am using GoDaddy's hosting service (I know) and I  have finished going through the install, I selected auto on the install portion and there were 2 errors but said it completely successfully so I didn't pay any attention to those. However, this is the error I am getting now:

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An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.SkinDefaults..ctor(SkinDefaultType DefaultType) +189
   DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.get_DefaultSkin() +31
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +2797
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +82
   DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +4096
   System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92
   System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64
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What do I do about this? Thanks in advance for your help.

 
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10/18/2008 1:45 PM
 

Jameson, do you get this error when trying to access certain pages? I believe this was the same error I would get trying to access the admin or host pages at some point and the probelm what that one of the default skins was corrupt. I replaced the skins via FTP and it fixed it. Not sure if this is your problem but it might shed some light on your issue.


Mike DeBaise President/CEO Trial by Fire Web Design, LLC. URL: www.TBFWD.com Email: President@TrialByFireDesigns.com
 
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10/18/2008 2:54 PM
 

I will give this a try, but it happens when I try and get to any page, even the homepage. I am going to try and delete the entire folder and run through the install again.

 

Any other suggestions would be awesome. Thanks!

 
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10/18/2008 5:40 PM
 

Hi Jameson,

I believe SkinDefaults.ctor + 189 is caused by a missing <skindefaults> element in the DotNetNuke.config file located in your root directory.  DotNetNuke attempts to add this node explicitly, so the problem may be caused by a permissions problem on the file.

Regardless, you can always add the note manually.  See this thread for more details.

Brandon


Brandon Haynes
BrandonHaynes.org
 
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