Hi everyone. I've just found out how fun DNN is. I installed it in one night and setup a free domain at DynDNS.com. I set my dynamic IP to resolve as the domain name at DynDNS. I've the default portal on my DNN install setup with lots of test content. It all works internally, but I can't see it externally. So, offsite, when I attempt to use either my free domain name or my IP I can't see anything except an error page saying nothing is there ("Page cannot be found"). Any ideas?
Also, and this may be linked to the problem, I can't seem to access the site internally using the domain name or external IP. The browser will sit for a second and then replace the address with "localhost/portalname". Therefore, the only time I can really test it is at work, which isn't something I'd rather do too often.
I'm guessing it might be a permission problem, but I've tried to set everything up as the install guide said to. I did however, install the DNN app in a directory outside of c:\inetpub\wwwroot. I thought I set all the correct permissions though. I've just now copied the entire folder into c:\inetpub\wwwroot out of desperation. I doubt it will make a difference, but I won't be able to see until tommorow. Also, my only firewall is "Windows Firewall" which is set to allow net users to access my web server (port 80). Iusr_"computername" is, I think, set with all the right permissions. Although I doubt it is a problem, my sql server conn string element is:
<add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Server=(local);Database=DotNetNuke;uid=XXXX;pwd=YYYY;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
Here's some info on the system (my pc) that hosts DNN:
WinXP Pro; IIS 5.1; DNN 4.0.2; IE 6;