GlassMapper GetHomeItem always returning null

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I have been using GlassMapper for a long time, and this piece of code has always worked flawlessly; today, after playing with the children of the Home item it no longer works - even if I undo my changes.

On Internet I found no documentation for this method and its failed states - under which circumstances I should be unable to retrieve the wrapper of the website root item?

The line in question is:

var root = new SitecoreContext().GetHomeItem<MenuPage>();

Check the history, looks like the addition of a Sitecore7 tag and syntax highlighting on the code block. — jammykam, Jul 16 '15 at 15:02

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 16 '15 at 13:45

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This method retrieves home item using data from your current site. You should check:

What is the value of Sitecore.Context.Site
What is the value of Sitecore.Context.Site.StartPath
What is the value of new SitecoreContext().Database
What is the value of new SitecoreContext().Database.GetItem(Sitecore.Context.Site.StartPath)

answered Jul 16 '15 at 13:45

Marek Musielak

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No luck. All those values are correct, and I can easily retrieve Sitecore.Context.Database.GetItem("/sitecore/content/ecosystem") which is the root of my website. But I cannot in any way retrieve the GlassMapper wrapper for this item, it always. Returns me. Null. Every single time. This never happened before and it started happening for no reason at all - and I cannot troubleshoot this because the problem, or the clue to the real problem, is nested inside Glass Mapper DLL. I'm completely stuck. – Emanuele Ciriachi Jul 17 '15 at 15:57
Even using the ID of the item to retrieve it, I get null. It's crazy. I tried: new SitecoreContext().GetItem() to no avail. Obviously, something else is at play here. Any clue? – Emanuele Ciriachi Jul 17 '15 at 16:05

score 0 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 24 '16 at 19:58

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This can happen if there is a publishing restriction on the home item preventing any version from being published.

So be sure to check to make sure that there isn't a publishing restriction on the home item that prevents any version from being published.

edited Mar 24 '16 at 19:58

Tim Penner

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answered Mar 24 '16 at 19:18

Michael Lane

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score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Feb 13 '18 at 19:00

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I was having the same problem, it turns out my site's rootPath was wrong, it was including the /Home item.

answered Feb 13 '18 at 19:00

Anderson Fortaleza

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GlassMapper GetHomeItem always returning null

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