To clarify, this is the page that I end up with when trying to access the site from the "front-end"...

/config/splashes/noNodes.aspx

Thanks again,
Nik

I had the same problem some time ago. It turned out that an illegal character in one document "crashed" the umbraco.config xml-file. The file probably doesn't exist.

I found information on what document caused the error in umbracoLog (table in the database).

Best regards
Christian

that is right, I can't find the file anymore. I'll check out the log table and go from there. Any particular tips on what to look for?

Thanks,
Nik

it looks like there is a wierd character somehwere, but I can't find it in the latest published nodes. The error reports the following:

Error Republishing: System.Xml.XmlException: '', hexadecimal value 0x0B, is an invalid character. Line 4, position 53.
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(Exception e)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Throw(String res, String[] args)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ThrowInvalidChar(Int32 pos, Char invChar)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseCDataOrComment(XmlNodeType type, Int32& outStartPos, Int32& outEndPos)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseCDataOrComment(XmlNodeType type)
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.ParseElementContent()
at System.Xml.XmlTextReaderImpl.Read()
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadNode(Boolean skipOverWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.LoadDocSequence(XmlDocument parentDoc)
at System.Xml.XmlLoader.Load(XmlDocument doc, XmlReader reader, Boolean preserveWhitespace)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.Load(XmlReader reader)
at System.Xml.XmlDocument.LoadXml(String xml)
at umbraco.content.LoadContentFromDatabase()

But, like I said, looking in cmsContentXML doesn't seem to produce any results matching that issue. I am not sure if this has anything to do with it, but I keep getting this dreaded error as well:

Error removing node from umbraco index: 'System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not find file 'E:\nic.nhs-healthlink.org\data\_systemUmbracoIndexDontDelete\_apf.fnm'.  File name: 'E:\nic.nhs-healthlink.org\data\_systemUmbracoIndexDontDelete\_apf.fnm'
at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
at System.IO.FileStream.Init(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, Int32 rights, Boolean useRights, FileShare share, Int32 bufferSize, FileOptions options, SECURITY_ATTRIBUTES secAttrs, String msgPath, Boolean bFromProxy)
at System.IO.FileStream..ctor(String path, FileMode mode, FileAccess access, FileShare share)
at Lucene.Net.Store.FSIndexInput..ctor(FileInfo path)
at Lucene.Net.Store.FSDirectory.OpenInput(String name)
at Lucene.Net.Index.FieldInfos..ctor(Directory d, String name)
at Lucene.Net.Index.SegmentReader.Initialize(SegmentInfo si)
at Lucene.Net.Index.SegmentReader.Get(Directory dir, SegmentInfo si, SegmentInfos sis, Boolean closeDir, Boolean ownDir)
at Lucene.Net.Index.IndexReader.AnonymousClassWith.DoBody()
at Lucene.Net.Store.Lock.With.Run()
at Lucene.Net.Index.IndexReader.Open(Directory directory, Boolean closeDirectory)
at Lucene.Net.Index.IndexReader.Open(String path)
at umbraco.cms.businesslogic.index.Indexer.RemoveNode(Int32 Id)'

Which I can only assume has to do with the remnants of UmbSearch2 (which proved to be a real hassel to deal with). I tried manually uninstalling this bu to no avail. 

Any help is GREATLY appreciated. 

-- Nik

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