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1/4/2008 2:03 PM
 
tacosta

Joined: 12/20/2007
Posts: 22

Hi.

I'm developing an intranet for my company and i'm having some problems installing DNN.

I've tried following the steps in the DotNetNuke Installation Guide.pdf and i've tried the source/install package and the starter kit package.

After a few setbacks, i manage to get the connection string in the web.config properly configurated and i created a virtual directory using IIS which points to the Website files located in my local drive.

So i have a virtual directory (localhost:/dotnnetnuke_2) which points to c:\dnnintranet

I can install the site and work with it just fine - which leads me to think that the connection string is properly configured because it installed the database and i created a few pages/users added modules/etc tried new skins - all of this without problems.

I don't know if it is relevant but the database is stored on a server (not locally),

Now i need to upload the files to a server (ftp), but when i access the domain, it redirects to (localhost:/dotnnetnuke_2). I already added the URL (tried both without and with the /subfolder) to the HTTP alias and it doesn't fix it.

I did something along these lines:

1. Download DNN Source Package

2. rename release.config to web.config

3. configure the connection string (in both places)

4. Set the folder permissions so i can access the site using a browser

5. Open 'DotNetNuke.sln' in visual studio

6. View site in browser (using Visual Studio) - the site then installs the database scripts/etc.

7. Publish the site in c:\dnnintracom

8.Copy c:\dnnintracom to a remote server (ftp)

I am doing something wrong?

I also have a few questions...

Do i need to upload to the server (ftp)  the dnn website before running the dnn site for the first time (before installing the database scripts, etc.)?

Do i work directly on the site that points to the remote server? or i work with it locally and have to upload it again with each change?

Do i need to publish the web site (using visual studio) directly to the remove server? or locally and then copy the files to the remote server?

If i don't publish, is it safe to copy the dnn site to the remote server/is the data unencrypted?

Feel free to ask me for more information if i didn't provide it and you think its relevant.

Thank you for your time and help.

Tiago Costa
 
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1/4/2008 5:18 PM
 
Ian Robinson


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Joined: 1/6/2006
Posts: 921

Tiago,

You raised a number of questions and below I've tried to flush out the exact questions and give you my thoughts on them.

1) your production domain redirects to the URL of the development environment

this should be a relatively painless fix -- you need to add your domain name to the portalalias table in the database (you can do that in your local environment and restore the database or insert a row manually in your production environment) -- remember to restart your site after you do this by "touching" the web.config or restarting the application pool.

2) I'm not sure i understand this one -- "do I need to upload to the server the dnn website before running the dnn site for the first time" but I can answer the question "what do i need to have in my production environment before I access the site (when moving test/development environment to production)"

Here is what you need to set up before you access your production environment through your domain name:

  • your development DNN file system with a web.config that points to the production DNN database
  • Give the appropriate windows user permissions to the file system *
  • a virtual directory set up in IIS that points to that file system
  • a portal alias entry for your domain name (this is so it doesn't redirect to the only other portal alias -- your dev site's URL)

* asp.net or network service account depending on your operating system

3) Do you need to work directly with the production server or test each change and move to production.

This will entirely depend on what kind of change you are making and what kind of use your production site is getting. I would recommend testing all development before you put it in production.

4) Publish directly ot the remote server or locally and copy?

I would build everything locally and then copy those files out to the production server after everything is verified. This is just my preference, you may be able to do it either way.

5) In what manner are you copying the files to the server? The files themselves are not necessarily encrypted, but depending on how you transfer them to the server you may be able to encrypt them.


hope that helps,

Ian

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Co-Founder, dnnGallery
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1/7/2008 6:15 AM
 
tacosta

Joined: 12/20/2007
Posts: 22

Just wanted to say that i finally got this to work.

Thanks for your help

 
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