Hi,

I've been given a copy of a client's site to have a look through. They've sent me a backup of the DB and all the site files.

I've installed it into my webroot and configured it as a website on localhost:311.  I've set up the DB and updated the connection string etc.

I've deleted the Portal Aliases and put in a new one as localhost:311  - but whenever I type that into my browser I just get redirected to the live site?

I've tried editing the web config to clear the cache, restarting IIS, stopping and restarting the site, recycling the Application Pool but nothing seems to work so it can't be a problem with the cache. What have I missed? Do I need to change the URL somewhere else or do something different?What am I missing or mis-understanding?

I'm on Vista 64 in case that makes any difference.

Really grateful for any help,

thanks,

Jez

 btw: instead of using a different port, use a custom name (e.g. "http://dotnetnuke") and enter it into /windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts file.

Hi Sebastian,

Please ignore my preivous post - I've figured it out now and I was being a moron.

I've added 127.0.0.1    mydnnsite.local to my hosts file

I've taken the website files back out of wwwroot and put them in a separate folder where I keep the rest of my websites

I've re-enabled the site I'd created in IIS and changed the bindings so it accepts mydnnsite.local as the host on port 80 for all unassigned IP addresses

Lo and behold the site now works perfectly and the control panel is displaying properly. Thanks very much for your help and sorry to waste your time!