I'm new to Umbraco so I apologize in advance if I'm missing something. I installed Umbraco 4.7 using the Web Platform Installer. When the site ran for the first time it asked me to choose a Starter Kit (Simple, Blog, Business, Personal) and I chose Business. However when I run the site (http://localhost/umbraco1/config/splashes/noNodes.aspx, the only page that I can successfully navigate to) I am stuck with the default orange Umbraco page where "there's still work to do". Further, when I am in the admi area (http://localhost/umbraco1/umbraco/umbraco.aspx#content) I see a "Make it look great" section with these same 4 starter kits. When I click any one of them I get a 404 page that displays a problem with the "IIS Web Core" module.
What am I missing? I would hate to join the masses of people who get frustrated with Umbraco and give up; from what I've read it's worth working through these issues.
And on the 3rd try I got all the way through to the point where I chose my Starter Kit (I chose Simple) and the Skin (Designit Green). On the 6th step of the installation (You're Done), I clicked "Preview your new website" and BOOM! Object not set to an instance of an object error:
Server Error in '/umbraco3' Application.
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:
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.
Stack Trace:
[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
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.272
Just before xPath query (False, '/root/* [@urlName = ""] | /root/*')
0.434835721785855
0.000028
umbracoRequestHandler
pageXPathQueryStart: '/root'
0.434848920356889
0.000013
umbracoRequestHandler
After xPath query
0.434898781625243
0.000050
umbracoRequestHandler
Access checking started
0.435555777161193
0.000657
umbracoRequestHandler
Page not protected
0.440514406973538
0.004959
umbracoRequestHandler
Access checking ended
0.44055950209124
0.000045
umbracoInit
Done handling request
0.440576000305034
0.000016
umbracoPage
Pagedata loaded for Simple website (ID: 1050, Version: d5029868-523f-4ed4-b06d-76d06d14f2fa)
0.820559927378529
0.379984
umbracoPage
Looking up skin information
0.821427366797088
0.000867
aspx.page
End PreInit
1.78548032533011
0.964053
aspx.page
Begin Init
1.78552908671754
0.000049
Unhandled Execution Error
Object reference not set to an instance of an object. at umbraco.cms.businesslogic.macro.MacroModel..ctor(Macro m) at umbraco.macro..ctor(String alias) at umbraco.presentation.templateControls.Macro.CreateChildControls() at System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls() at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer) at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
Starter Kit Did Not Work
Hi,
I'm new to Umbraco so I apologize in advance if I'm missing something. I installed Umbraco 4.7 using the Web Platform Installer. When the site ran for the first time it asked me to choose a Starter Kit (Simple, Blog, Business, Personal) and I chose Business. However when I run the site (http://localhost/umbraco1/config/splashes/noNodes.aspx, the only page that I can successfully navigate to) I am stuck with the default orange Umbraco page where "there's still work to do". Further, when I am in the admi area (http://localhost/umbraco1/umbraco/umbraco.aspx#content) I see a "Make it look great" section with these same 4 starter kits. When I click any one of them I get a 404 page that displays a problem with the "IIS Web Core" module.
What am I missing? I would hate to join the masses of people who get frustrated with Umbraco and give up; from what I've read it's worth working through these issues.
And thought I'd install a 2nd site to try again from scratch but recieved a standard 404 page when WPI took me to: http://localhost/umbraco2/install/default.aspx.
I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium, IIS (not express), SQL Server 2008 R2 Express (not CE), with Firefox as my default browser.
Any help would be much appreciated. On to my 3rd try...
And on the 3rd try I got all the way through to the point where I chose my Starter Kit (I chose Simple) and the Skin (Designit Green). On the 6th step of the installation (You're Done), I clicked "Preview your new website" and BOOM! Object not set to an instance of an object error:
Server Error in '/umbraco3' Application.
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:
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.
Stack Trace:
Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.272
Request Details
Trace Information
Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
at umbraco.cms.businesslogic.macro.MacroModel..ctor(Macro m)
at umbraco.macro..ctor(String alias)
at umbraco.presentation.templateControls.Macro.CreateChildControls()
at System.Web.UI.Control.EnsureChildControls()
at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer)
at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer)
at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer)
at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer)
at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer)
at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer)
at System.Web.UI.Control.InitRecursive(Control namingContainer)
at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
Control Tree
Session State
Application State
Request Cookies Collection
Response Cookies Collection
Headers Collection
Response Headers Collection
Form Collection
Querystring Collection
Server Variables
Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.272
Hi Adam,
This reply might be a little late, but the issue isn't anything you missed, it's a bug with the Simple Starter Kit that is missing a macro.
Here's a blog post explaining the solution: http://www.carbonsoft.co.uk/articles/2012/07/umbraco-simple-starter-kit-object-not-set-error.aspx
Hope this helps,
Tom
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