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2/7/2009 9:53 AM
 
Gatekeeper

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I am new to DNN, managed to create a child portal without any problems but I don't seem to be able to create a Parent Portal. I am using DNN version 5, Vista and .Net version 3.5 / Sql server 2008 express.

What I would have expected to do, was create a virtual directory in IIS7 with say Alias MyNewSite then logged in as host, gone to portals then done 'Add New Portal' filled the details in, setting alias to MyNewSite. I would then expected DotNetNuke to have copied the relevant files into that virtual directory, but that just doesn't happen. So what am I doing wrong?
 
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2/7/2009 8:29 PM
 
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parent portals use different url's from the current URL, so they need to be added as host headers in IIS - see http://www.visualwin.com/host-header/ for how to do this (note: child portals use additional folders so don't require host headers)

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2/8/2009 6:03 AM
 
Gatekeeper

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Many Thanks, I'll give that a try.
 
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8/14/2010 7:31 PM
 
Roy Mullins JR


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IIS5 is not your problem as far as the host headers are concerned it is your OS. You can only have multiple host headers in a server OS not in a desktop OS.

Vista with IIS5 will only give you one website. The easiest server OS i have found is Server 2003. It came right up and started working out of the box.
 
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