Hi everyone.
First I would like to say I am new to DotNetNuke. I have used PHP nuke in the past. So, I figured I would give DDN a shot to try to help reduce the time it will take me to develope some current and upcoming projects.
I downloaded the install, quick start and doc packages (v4.06.02). I read through the entire install PDF and decided to use the Quick Start method. However, after failing 5 different times, I decided to check out the forum stickies. One of the posts talks about installing DNN on Vista. However, I don't want the standalone install. Because I will be developing my own custom modules I would like to use VWD. I followed the instructions for the DNN (without IIS) linked from the DNN on Vista thread. This time, I took the suggestion and used the regular install package with VWD. Unfortunetly, I had the same results.
Basically, as soon as I run the application, the pages of the installation will load properly. However, any of the page resources (images, javascript, CSS) do not load at all. So, I get a page with no images (big red Xs), javascript errors and no formatting. Now, I just figured I would work through it. Unfortunately, some of the sections (such as Custom) which allow me to set up an SQL 2005 database will not function if the external Javascript files fail to load.
This one has me scratching my head, because I have been working on other web sites with VWD and it works fine. It almost seemed like a permission issue. So, I changed the permissions on my folder to allow everyone with full access, but had the same issue. I copied and pasted the URL of the missing images and I get an application generated error message from DNN. The error message states that it cannot establish a connection to the server (error 26 - Error Locating Server/Instance Specified). I am assuming because I didn't finish the remainder of the installation process.
Has anyone seen this before?