Activate web publishing feature problem

Question

I am trying to use the object model to activate the site collection publishing feature, and the web publishing feature on a new site. Here is a snippet of my code.
using (SPSite site = new SPSite(SiteUrl))
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
//Activate the publishing feature at the site collection level (PublishingSite)
site.Features.Add(new Guid("F6924D36-2FA8-4f0b-B16D-06B7250180FA"));
//Activate the publishing feature at the web level (PublishingWeb)
web.Features.Add(new Guid("94C94CA6-B32F-4da9-A9E3-1F3D343D7ECB"));
The problem is I get an error that says "The SharePoint Server Publishing Infrastructure feature must be activated at the site collection level before the Publishing feature can be activated."
I have browsed to the site and verified the Publishing feature is activated at the site collection level. I have double checked that the GUIDs are correct. Does anyone have an idea why I am getting this error and cannot activate the publishing feature on
the web level?

Answer 1

Hi
Did you try like this, I meant adding allowunsafeupdates
using (SPSite site = new SPSite(SiteUrl))
using (SPWeb web = site.OpenWeb())
{ site.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
//Activate the publishing feature at the site collection level (PublishingSite)
site.Features.Add(new Guid("F6924D36-2FA8-4f0b-B16D-06B7250180FA")); site.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false; web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = true;
//Activate the publishing feature at the web level (PublishingWeb)
web.Features.Add(new Guid("94C94CA6-B32F-4da9-A9E3-1F3D343D7ECB")); web.AllowUnsafeUpdates = false;
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