After upgrading to the latest (2.3.6.5 and 2.3.6.4) version of MojoPortal all of my custom modules stopped working to some extent. My modules are very simple and don't have any resource files, they all exist of only a .ascx page and then the module installation done from the admin>tools>features>install area.

From there I added the path to the .ascx, custom GUID and resource name. Then I went into the settings and added some items like color, width, height, etc. I gave each a setting key and nothing more.

After that's done I could drop the modules on a page and go into the module settings and filling in the settings on a per module basis (like add the color, height, width, etc).

This had been working great up until the last couple Mojo upgrade. Now when I click on a module settings I see the admin screen as normal where I can input the values, but when I press save I get an error screen. Nothing else changed except the upgrade of Mojo. Any ideas? The error message is posted below:

2011-04-19 15:19:11,710 ERROR mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage - ModuleSettings.aspx.cs error getting resource for s.SettingName Height
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage.AddSettingControl(CustomModuleSetting s, Panel groupPanel)
2011-04-19 15:19:11,710 ERROR mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage - ModuleSettings.aspx.cs error getting resource for s.SettingName Width
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage.AddSettingControl(CustomModuleSetting s, Panel groupPanel)
2011-04-19 15:19:11,710 ERROR mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage - ModuleSettings.aspx.cs error getting resource for s.SettingName BackgroundColor
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage.AddSettingControl(CustomModuleSetting s, Panel groupPanel)
2011-04-19 15:19:11,710 ERROR mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage - ModuleSettings.aspx.cs error getting resource for s.SettingName ImagePath
System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.
   at mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage.AddSettingControl(CustomModuleSetting s, Panel groupPanel)
2011-04-19 15:19:11,725 ERROR mojoPortal.Web.mojoBasePage - 24.209.184.31-en-US - /Admin/ModuleSettings.aspx?mid=44&pageid=0
System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException: Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture.  Make sure "Resources..resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "App_GlobalResources.c_8gkf6v" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed.
   at System.Resources.ManifestBasedResourceGroveler.HandleResourceStreamMissing(String fileName)
   at System.Resources.ManifestBasedResourceGroveler.GrovelForResourceSet(CultureInfo culture, Dictionary`2 localResourceSets, Boolean tryParents, Boolean createIfNotExists, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
   at System.Resources.ResourceManager.InternalGetResourceSet(CultureInfo requestedCulture, Boolean createIfNotExists, Boolean tryParents, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
   at System.Resources.ResourceManager.InternalGetResourceSet(CultureInfo culture, Boolean createIfNotExists, Boolean tryParents)
   at System.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(String name, CultureInfo culture, Boolean wrapUnmanagedMemStream)
   at System.Web.Compilation.ResourceExpressionBuilder.GetResourceObject(IResourceProvider resourceProvider, String resourceKey, CultureInfo culture, Type objType, String propName)
   at System.Web.UI.TemplateControl.GetGlobalResourceObject(String className, String resourceKey)
   at mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage.btnSave_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
2011-04-19 15:19:11,741 ERROR mojoPortal.Web.Global - 24.209.184.31-en-US - /Admin/ModuleSettings.aspx?mid=44&pageid=0
System.Resources.MissingManifestResourceException: Could not find any resources appropriate for the specified culture or the neutral culture.  Make sure "Resources..resources" was correctly embedded or linked into assembly "App_GlobalResources.c_8gkf6v" at compile time, or that all the satellite assemblies required are loadable and fully signed.
   at System.Resources.ManifestBasedResourceGroveler.HandleResourceStreamMissing(String fileName)
   at System.Resources.ManifestBasedResourceGroveler.GrovelForResourceSet(CultureInfo culture, Dictionary`2 localResourceSets, Boolean tryParents, Boolean createIfNotExists, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
   at System.Resources.ResourceManager.InternalGetResourceSet(CultureInfo requestedCulture, Boolean createIfNotExists, Boolean tryParents, StackCrawlMark& stackMark)
   at System.Resources.ResourceManager.InternalGetResourceSet(CultureInfo culture, Boolean createIfNotExists, Boolean tryParents)
   at System.Resources.ResourceManager.GetObject(String name, CultureInfo culture, Boolean wrapUnmanagedMemStream)
   at System.Web.Compilation.ResourceExpressionBuilder.GetResourceObject(IResourceProvider resourceProvider, String resourceKey, CultureInfo culture, Type objType, String propName)
   at System.Web.UI.TemplateControl.GetGlobalResourceObject(String className, String resourceKey)
   at mojoPortal.Web.AdminUI.ModuleSettingsPage.btnSave_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Web.UI.WebControls.Button.RaisePostBackEvent(String eventArgument)
   at System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint)
 

Ah, perfect that did the trick. A couple beers coming your way for your prompt support! Sorry I didn't see the other post, I searched around for a while but didn't find anything.

I know this is easier said than done, but what we need is some kind of a detailed upgrade changes/release notes/skins type of tool on mojoportal.com that has a common layout (maybe a tree breakdown) that shows each version of mojoportal and then what changed from one version to the next. There could be categories of changes (maybe tabs) such as skins, css, components (brettle, tinymce, fck, etc), functionality, bug fixes, new features, programming logic, etc.

If there was some way to drill down and list what was all changed from one version to the next that would be so helpful and probably eliminate a lot of questions on the forums. There could be a place to list notes and workarounds, even user comments, etc.

Another related idea would be a detailed overview of the web.config/user.config that lists all the possible feature keys you have made available along with a short description of each. I'm constantly finding amazing little features and functions buried in the forums that had I not stumbled upon the random post I never would have known about.

I know these are blue sky ideas, but worth sharing I think. You have the blog area and of course the best help/documentation I have ever seen for an open source product (or any product), but there still seems to be an issue with upgrades (all the changes and little gotchas) and then also with the sheer amount of features. It's hard to find out what is all available unless you scour through the forums.

I have dozens of web sites running Mojo and if there's anything I could do to help with something like this please let me know. I'm sure with the ideas above would come countless hours of busywork loading data into a system or layout, even just designing a structure like I mention about would be a UI undertaking to make it really user friendly. Always glad to help, just put the word out if you are looking for volunteers for tasks.

Thanks Joe,

Hi Joe, I think it occurred on the version right before 2.3.6.5 because I did an upgrade yesterday just to make sure the problem wasn't already fixed in the latest version. But maybe I'm mistaken, I can't be 100% sure on this.

And sorry, I didn't mean to sound like you were not doing a good job or anything (I feel VERY much the opposite, I love Mojo and all that you do). I was just thinking of a pie-in-the-sky change/release management type of feature of some sort. It's not a biggie at all, I was probably drinking heavily and thought we could have elves do the work.