Just following through on this...

I'm still a little fuzzy on how DotNetNuke circumvents the default.htm page that still resides in my domain's root directory.  Secondarily, why does the Address box in my browser now show the IP address for my domain instead of http://www.mydomainname.com?

I've got Walker's Professional DotNetNuke 4 book (Wrox) but I can't seem to find answers in there to either of those questions.

But back to business: if DotNetNuke is "avoiding" the default.htm page in the root directory of my domain, just what page would I even modify with the redirect instructions that CrystalTech gave me in its FAQ?  Even if I found out which page is the "home" page now for my DotNetNuke portal, isn't it modified every time I make a change to the home page?  That is, re-generated from scratch?  Therefore, wouldn't any custom modification I do to it be lost?

Thanks for reading this over.

SIncerely,

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI
http://TheTownCrank.blogspot.com

ssmehaffie,

I appreciate your response, however I may not have conveyed that I don't believe that I have portal access to my DDN site.  My hosting provider, CrystalTech, gave me the choice to install DNN on top of my existing site.  I consented and now I'm trying to make good use of it.

So your suggestion to create two parent portals is no doubt a good one; however I don't believe that I can create them.  Before I wrote this message I went through all of the Admin menu options and it certainly didn't appear that I had the ability to create "parent portals".

I could certainly ask for assistance from CrystalTech.  Would that be my next step?

Regards,

Steve Erbach
Neenah, WI
http:TheTownCrank.blogspot.com