8.0.1-RC can't display any forums

[valadas]

Describe the bug

I just installed v8.1.0-rc on a new clean DNN instance. After going through the wizard I got to the list of forums (Sample Forum 1, 2 and 3) but when clicking on any of them, I get the an error.

Software Versions

• DNN: 9.13.3
• Module: 8.1.0-rc

To Reproduce

Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. Do a clean DNN install.
2. Install 8.1.0-rc1
3. Place the forum module on a page
4. After the wizard, try to click on any forum

Expected behavior

Should show the forum.

Screenshots

Error log

2024-06-09 19:29:11.186-04:00 [DanielValadasPC][D:4][T:40][ERROR] DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Environment - Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controllers.ForumController.GetForumListXML(Int32 PortalId, Int32 ModuleId)
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.ForumBase.get_ForumData()
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.ForumBase.SecurityCheck(String secType)
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.ForumBase.get_CanCreate()
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controls.TopicsView.ParseControls(String Template)
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controls.TopicsView.BindTopics(String TopicsTemplate)
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controls.TopicsView.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
2024-06-09 19:29:11.199-04:00 [DanielValadasPC][D:4][T:40][ERROR] DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.Exceptions - FriendlyMessage="[L]Error: DNN Community Forums is currently unavailable." ctrl="DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controls.TopicsView" exc="System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controllers.ForumController.GetForumListXML(Int32 PortalId, Int32 ModuleId)
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.ForumBase.get_ForumData()
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.ForumBase.SecurityCheck(String secType)
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.ForumBase.get_CanCreate()
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controls.TopicsView.ParseControls(String Template)
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controls.TopicsView.BindTopics(String TopicsTemplate)
   at DotNetNuke.Modules.ActiveForums.Controls.TopicsView.OnLoad(EventArgs e)"

[johnhenley]

Hi @valadas thanks for reporting this. Never a good way to start the week ;) but any bug report is better than an unreported bad install experience 😀 I will investigate.

[johnhenley]

@valadas if you "restart application" does it work ok or do you keep getting errors?

[valadas]

@johnhenley The issue does persist after an app restart

[johnhenley]

@valadas do you remember if when you were adding the module, you were able to "place" the module like this:

Or when you added it, did it go straight to this:

[johnhenley]

Also, could you post a screenshot of the first 10 rows of activeforums_Settings table from SQL ?

[valadas]

I was able to place the module correctly the way you showed.

Here are my settings:

ModuleId	GroupKey	SettingName	SettingValue
385	F:-1	ALLOWRSS	false
385	F:-1	REPLYFORMID	0
385	F:-1	TOPICFORMID	0
385	F:-1	TOPICSTEMPLATEID	0
385	F:-1	TOPICTEMPLATEID	0
385	G:1	ALLOWATTACH	true
385	G:1	ALLOWEMOTICONS	true
385	G:1	ALLOWHTML	true
385	G:1	ALLOWLIKES	true
385	G:1	ALLOWPOSTICON	true
385	G:1	ALLOWRSS	true
385	G:1	ALLOWSCRIPT	false
385	G:1	ATTACHALLOWBROWSESITE	true
385	G:1	ATTACHCOUNT	3
385	G:1	ATTACHINSERTALLOWED	false
385	G:1	ATTACHMAXHEIGHT	450
385	G:1	ATTACHMAXSIZE	1000
385	G:1	ATTACHMAXWIDTH	450
385	G:1	ATTACHTYPEALLOWED	txt,tiff,pdf,xls,xlsx,doc,docx,ppt,pptx
385	G:1	AUTOTRUSTLEVEL	0
385	G:1	CONVERTINGTOJPEGALLOWED	false
385	G:1	DEFAULTTRUSTLEVEL	0
385	G:1	EDITORHEIGHT	350
385	G:1	EDITORMOBILE	2
385	G:1	EDITORSTYLE	2
385	G:1	EDITORTOOLBAR	bold,italic,underline,quote
385	G:1	EDITORTYPE	2
385	G:1	EDITORWIDTH	99%
385	G:1	EMAILADDRESS
385	G:1	INDEXCONTENT	true
385	G:1	ISMODERATED	false
385	G:1	MAXATTACHHEIGHT	800
385	G:1	MAXATTACHWIDTH	800
385	G:1	MODAPPROVETEMPLATEID	0
385	G:1	MODDELETETEMPLATEID	0
385	G:1	MODMOVETEMPLATEID	0
385	G:1	MODNOTIFYTEMPLATEID	0
385	G:1	MODREJECTTEMPLATEID	0
385	G:1	PROFILETEMPLATEID	1
385	G:1	QUICKREPLYFORMID	7
385	G:1	REPLYFORMID	6
385	G:1	TOPICFORMID	5
385	G:1	TOPICSTEMPLATEID	3
385	G:1	TOPICTEMPLATEID	4
385	G:1	USEFILTER	true

[johnhenley]

I was able to place the module correctly the way you showed.

Here are my settings:

ModuleId GroupKey SettingName SettingValue 385 F:-1 ALLOWRSS false 385 F:-1 REPLYFORMID 0 385 F:-1 TOPICFORMID 0 385 F:-1 TOPICSTEMPLATEID 0 385 F:-1 TOPICTEMPLATEID 0 385 G:1 ALLOWATTACH true 385 G:1 ALLOWEMOTICONS true 385 G:1 ALLOWHTML true 385 G:1 ALLOWLIKES true 385 G:1 ALLOWPOSTICON true 385 G:1 ALLOWRSS true 385 G:1 ALLOWSCRIPT false 385 G:1 ATTACHALLOWBROWSESITE true 385 G:1 ATTACHCOUNT 3 385 G:1 ATTACHINSERTALLOWED false 385 G:1 ATTACHMAXHEIGHT 450 385 G:1 ATTACHMAXSIZE 1000 385 G:1 ATTACHMAXWIDTH 450 385 G:1 ATTACHTYPEALLOWED txt,tiff,pdf,xls,xlsx,doc,docx,ppt,pptx 385 G:1 AUTOTRUSTLEVEL 0 385 G:1 CONVERTINGTOJPEGALLOWED false 385 G:1 DEFAULTTRUSTLEVEL 0 385 G:1 EDITORHEIGHT 350 385 G:1 EDITORMOBILE 2 385 G:1 EDITORSTYLE 2 385 G:1 EDITORTOOLBAR bold,italic,underline,quote 385 G:1 EDITORTYPE 2 385 G:1 EDITORWIDTH 99% 385 G:1 EMAILADDRESS
385 G:1 INDEXCONTENT true 385 G:1 ISMODERATED false 385 G:1 MAXATTACHHEIGHT 800 385 G:1 MAXATTACHWIDTH 800 385 G:1 MODAPPROVETEMPLATEID 0 385 G:1 MODDELETETEMPLATEID 0 385 G:1 MODMOVETEMPLATEID 0 385 G:1 MODNOTIFYTEMPLATEID 0 385 G:1 MODREJECTTEMPLATEID 0 385 G:1 PROFILETEMPLATEID 1 385 G:1 QUICKREPLYFORMID 7 385 G:1 REPLYFORMID 6 385 G:1 TOPICFORMID 5 385 G:1 TOPICSTEMPLATEID 3 385 G:1 TOPICTEMPLATEID 4 385 G:1 USEFILTER true

@valadas thanks! Could you also send the contents of activeforums_Forums and activeforums_Groups? It looks like there is some rogue data in here (F:-1)

[valadas]

Well, I destroyed that instance and started over and could no longer reproduce the issue... Everything happens to work fine so far. Maybe that instance was not as clean as I thought...