Hi folks. As a newbie I think I posted this originally on the wrong thread. I need help.

I am attempting to install this into my root folder of my GoDaddy hosting account. I unzipped all of the the files into a local folder, made the following mods in the web.config file. THe first 2 changes are based on info gleaned from this thread:

add
name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="whsql-v08.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net;Database=DB_49829;uid=Boisehigh1976;pwd=*****;"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"

add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=(whsql-v08.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net);Database=DB_49829;uid=Boisehigh1976;pwd='*****';"

And this change as gleaned from the ASP.NET thread:

customErrors mode="Off"

(I took the opening and closing tag characters out because in preview mode they were causing text to disappear. Rest assured those characters are actually still there).

I assume I then need to run the install.aspx.vb program located in the install folder (is that correct?). When I try to browse the site, I get

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Server Error in '/' Application.
Runtime Error
Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

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Well, I already changed the customerErrors mode to "Off", so I don't understand why I don't see an error listing.

Can someone provide any suggestions?

P.S. - After I posted this the first time, I tried cleaning everything out of my account, and setting up a new folder called DNN. I tried the install to that folder, and a first got absolutely nothing, then later got the same message. I don't think I could have anything else in the web.config, but who knows.....

Your custom errors component should look like this:

<!-- permits errors to be displayed for remote clients -->
    <customErrors mode="Off" />

Make sure that you have the the full line with the starting and ending tags.  If your custom error is set properly you can email your config, take out your username database and password, and I will take a look at it.

House keeping note; from a security perspective you shouldn't post your login id or database name.  It just isn't needed so don't tempt anyone with it.

O.k., I wiped out everything and started over. I reinstalled from the package I downloaded off of your website, I edited my web.config file, created my 4 directories and database and finally everything seemed to work. It went through the install, seemed to finish correctly, but when I clicked to enter my site I got this:

Server Error in '/' Application.

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Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +124 DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +82 DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +3800 System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64

Any thoughts?