I have a DNN v 4.5.5 install such as subdomain1.mydomain.com and I wanted to create a duplicate copy of the site as it is now for testing on testsubdomain.mydomain.com.

So I used my control panel (DotNetPanel) to create a new website on my dedi server. Then I created a new database and then restored a copy of the existing db .bak file. So the new db looks good now. I changed the portalalias table to reflect the new domain testsubdomain.mydomain.com. I also changed the HostURL to that as well.

I copied the entire wwwroot folder for the existing site to the new site's wwwroot folder and updated the permissions for Network Service user.

I updated the web.config file on the new site to use the new db and new db user.

I kept getting the... The stored procedure 'dbo.GetPortalAliasByPortalID' doesn't exist and I thought it must be a connection issue. So I checked the connection settings multiple times. I also changed the connection to use the user that existed in the original db and I tried to do the sp_change_users_login 'auto-fix' sproc to ensure that it was working.

But I cannot get the site to come up. At one time last night I got Invalid Hostname or something like that.

Is there something simple that I am forgetting to do?

Hi,

I had to create a copy of my website as i had to test it on the development server. So i created a new directory on my local machine and unzipped the dotnetnuke package. I created a new database and installed another instance as per the installation guide. Once I had my existing database, I restored it with a backup of my original website.  However all the data and tables were not copied. Also, it threw an error during the loading of the website's skins and container. It does not allow me to upload any skin or even containers and throws an error saying 'the access path has been denied'.

Kindly help.

Melrine

Hi John,

Thanks for the help. I checked the folder. It has all the required permissions.

This is the error I get when I try to install a new skin package

Error: Install Skin Package is currently unavailable.
DotNetNuke.Services.Exceptions.ModuleLoadException: Access to the path 'C:\TestDotNetNuke\Website\Portals\_default\Skins\Classic-Semantic_Brown' is denied. ---> System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'C:\TestDotNetNuke\Website\Portals\_default\Skins\Classic-Semantic_Brown' is denied. at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath) at System.IO.Directory.InternalCreateDirectory(String fullPath, String path, DirectorySecurity dirSecurity) at System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(String path, DirectorySecurity directorySecurity) at DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.SkinController.UploadSkin(String RootPath, String SkinRoot, String SkinName, Stream objInputStream) at DotNetNuke.Modules.Admin.FileSystem.WebUpload.cmdAdd_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e) --- End of inner exception stack trace ---

TestDotNetNuke is my directory that contains all the files and folders related to the backup site. Even if a folder for a package is not found, when you install a new one it should create a folder automatically to store the new files.

Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks

Melrine