July 2015

DNN (dotnetnuke) Active Forum Module Control Panel a critical error has occurred

Error when opening the DNN Active Forum Module Control Panel When you attempt to open the forum module Control Panel, you receive a.net load error that says a critical error has occurred. Upon looking at the log files for the website within DNN, you’ll notice that the related error message looks something like this. bsoluteURL:/Default.aspxDefaultDataProvider:DotNetNuke.Data.SqlDataProvider, DotNetNukeExceptionGUID:1012073d-d31d-4a73-a051-31478c9de05dAssemblyVersion:7.4.0PortalId:0UserId:3429TabId:107RawUrl:/Resources/Forum/ctl/EDIT/mid/506Referrer:http://website.com.au/Resources/ForumUserAgent:Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_10_3) AppleWebKit/600.6.3 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/8.0.6 Safari/600.6.3ExceptionHash:eUa1nHF8hNveOCQzqX0zOg==Message:Object reference not set to an instance of an object.StackTrace:InnerMessage:Object reference not set to an instance of an object.InnerStackTrace: at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controls.Callback.OnLoad(EventArgs e) at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)Source:FileName:FileLineNumber:0FileColumnNumber:0Method:Server Name: SERVERNAME   The Fix It is good practice to ensure that you have the latest version of the DotNetNuke forum module on your website. Especially if you are using the later… Read More »DNN (dotnetnuke) Active Forum Module Control Panel a critical error has occurred

Google Analytics API Access V3

Accessing your Google Analytic Data via API To allow a third party module or application to view and display your Google Analytics data for your website. You need to get a few things organised. 1. You need to have a Google Analytic account with your website registered. Go to: http://www.google.com/analytics/   and follow their instructions to set up your URL under an account that you can manage and access with Admin permissions. We are not going to go through these steps here as it is a given that you will have this. Seek help from Google if you can’t manage.   2. Set up an API for your Google Analytics Account at the Google Developers Portal. Go to: https://developers.google.com/  and login with your account. To get started using Google Analytics API, you need to first create or select a project in the Google Developers Console and enable the API. Using this link guides… Read More »Google Analytics API Access V3