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  • Matt Thompson 4 posts 24 karma points
    Sep 29, 2020 @ 13:40
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    @Model.FooterDescription not set to an instance of an object

    Hello,

    I've been having trouble getting even just a new install of 8.7.0 Umbraco up and running. Whether I publish content manually myself, or try to publish "The Starter Kit" package out of the box, I'm getting this:

    enter image description here

    I obviously have a description in my footer; I tried removing the description, no luck.

    So okay fine, maybe its some weird known issue. I tried removing the FooterDescription from the home.cshtml. That then gives me:

    enter image description here

    Okay... maybe its the entire footer. Remove the header as well and:

    enter image description here

    Here's where I've stopped. Like I said, this has happened on 3 clean installs, whether I use CE or a full SQL server instance. I've tried this on a Windows 10 machine and on Windows '16. I'm out of ideas here. Any help would be appreciated.

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  • Amir Khan 1199 posts 2567 karma points
    Sep 29, 2020 @ 14:42
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    Is it possible that Models Builder isn't enable for some reason on the install?

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  • Matt Thompson 4 posts 24 karma points
    Sep 29, 2020 @ 17:14
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    I'm not seeing that option; I don't customize the install at all, just unzip into a directory and let it do its thing...

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  • Amir Khan 1199 posts 2567 karma points
    Sep 29, 2020 @ 19:59
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    It looks like in later versions it may be set to false by default in the web.config: https://our.umbraco.com/documentation/reference/templating/modelsbuilder/configuration

    Doing a null check in your view is always a good safety check but what you're doing should be working.

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  • Amir Khan 1199 posts 2567 karma points
    Sep 29, 2020 @ 20:01
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    Contrary to those docs, I just downloaded the files for 8.7.0 and its set to true but maybe worth checking anyway.

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  • Paul Wright (suedeapple) 264 posts 666 karma points
    Sep 29, 2020 @ 15:12
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    You may want to check for "null" on the FooterCtaLink first :)

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  • Matt Thompson 4 posts 24 karma points
    Sep 29, 2020 @ 17:16
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    I've got a Cta link set, but are you saying I should be doing this in the view? I'm just dumbfounded why the out-of-the-box install blows up...

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  • Paul Wright (suedeapple) 264 posts 666 karma points
    Sep 29, 2020 @ 20:10
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    People "test" stuff before a release?

    That's some ideal world! - Can I go there?

    Incidentally have you tried removing each @Model field in the view to determine which one is actually BLOWING up the view.

    I pretty certain that either the link is NULL, or there is a Typo in the View

    if (Model.FooterCtaLink != null) {
{
   ...................  
}
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