Hi,
I am having a problem that I cannot find a solution for in several days of searching. The Netlify CMS interface is pretty limiting in what you can do so I have created a new page using mostly my own HTML and CSS to make it look a certain way.
I am trying to add a navigation bar to the page that links to other parts of the page. Simple enough in HTML but the builds keep failing with a cryptic message of: TypeError: Cannot read property ‘indexOf’ of undefined.
Through trial and error I have found that this is thrown when I try to add an anchor link id to a place on the page.
I recently found a couple of posts referencing something similar on Netlify and seems to allude to a problem with how Netlify checks links.
So, is using this type of anchor link not supported on Netlify or is there some trick to how to do it? I can’t find any other documentation on it.
Thanks for any help.
That’s not a particularly cryptic message.
It’s saying the precise error, which is that it’s encountered some code that is variable.indexOf and while the code expected the variable to probably be a String or Array (which have the .indexOf method), the variable is instead undefined… and undefined does not have that method.
The real key to the error is, “where it is” , what file is it in? , what’s the line number? , what’s the code at that location doing?
Is it occurring in your code or Netlify CMS code?
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Thanks for the reply.
I should have provided a little more detail but it’s not much. Those are valid questions and that is the part that is cryptic to me. I believe it is happening in the CMS code. There are no references to any of my code.
The build log says this:
12:45:42 PM: events.js:174
As soon as I remove the anchor tag and id, it builds normally. So it must be that. I just can’t find any documentation that explains what to do about it.
@ecgordon That particular error is being thrown from build-content.js in /gulpfile.babel.js/tasks/ on line 391.
However where an error is reported, may not be the ultimate source of an error.
For example I also see reference to line 174 of events.js, but there’s very little context as you’ve heavily truncated the log.
Can you supply the full build log?
Here is the complete log:
12:45:24 PM: Netlify Build@netlify /build 29.11.6api.netlify.com @babel /registerSearch results for '"non-zero exit code: 1"' - Netlify Support Forums )Search results for '"non-zero exit code: 2"' - Netlify Support Forums )
@ecgordon You should check your events.js file, line 174, to see how it could be related to your issue.
@nathanmartin Yes, that’s where I have been digging. GULP was pointing out where I was trying to use the anchor id. I had it inside a paragraph tag. Oops. A careless mistake done in a hurry but I could not see it. I moved the tag to the outside div and it is working correctly now.
Thank you for your assistance.
SamO
May 30, 2023, 6:27pm
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glad you found your solution @ecgordon