"Friendly Ghost" or "Designit Green" skin with the "Simple
Starter Kit" Error Overview
When installing either the "Friendly Ghost" or
"Designit Green" skin with the "Simple
Starter Kit", a reference to a macro which does not exist
is used causing an "Object reference not set to an instance of an
object." error on line 21 of
"umbraco.cms.businesslogic.macro.MacroModel..ctor".
Error Display If Custom Errors Are On

Error Display If Custom Errors Are Off / RemoteOnly
If, like our hosting, you set custom
errors to On or RemoteOnly, the error will present itself as
follows:

Resolving The Simple Starter Kit with Designit Green Skin
Error
In the Umbraco Admin interface:
- Navigate to Settings.
- Locate the Starterkit Master template.
- Delete the call to the BlogRssFeedLink macro:
ie. remove the following line:
<umbraco:macro alias="BlogRssFeedLink"
runat="server"></umbraco:macro>
- Save your changes to the template.

Loading your Designit Green home and other pages should now
work:

Resolving The Simple Starter Kit with Friendly Ghost
Skin Error
The process for both skins are very similar, however the
templates differ slightly and the line which is removed also
includes an id.
In the Umbraco Admin interface:
- Navigate to Settings.
- Locate the Starterkit Master template.
- Delete the call to the BlogRssFeedLink macro:
ie. remove the following line:
<umbraco:macro id="Macro1"
alias="BlogRssFeedLink"
runat="server"></umbraco:macro>
- Save your changes to the template.

Loading your home and other pages should now work:

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