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Michael 34 posts 54 karma points

Aug 03, 2012 @ 15:24

New Umbraco Installation - Object reference not set to an instance of an object. ERROR

Installing umbraco

Hi,

Im currently working through the Wrox Umbraco User Guide and have just done an installation using the simple kit and Green Skin and eveything seems to be working fine except for when I try and view the homepage it gives me the following error.


[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
   umbraco.cms.businesslogic.macro.MacroModel..ctor(Macro m) +21
   umbraco.macro..ctor(String alias) +344
   umbraco.presentation.templateControls.Macro.CreateChildControls() +1319
   System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() +181
   System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +132
   System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +420
   System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +420
   System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +420
   System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +420
   System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +420
   System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) +420
   System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1969

If anyone would be able to help that would be great as I'd like to get learning more about Umbraco.

Regards

Michael

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Tom Fulton 2030 posts 4998 karma points c-trib

Aug 10, 2012 @ 05:24

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Hi Michael,

This is a known issue with the Simple Starter Kit, but luckily there's a simple fix. The error means that the template is referencing a Macro that doesn't exist. So you can either remove the macro or re-create it.

There's a blog post explaining the fix here: http://www.carbonsoft.co.uk/articles/2012/07/umbraco-simple-starter-kit-object-not-set-error.aspx

HTH,
Tom

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