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6/3/2009 6:46 AM
 
Gerard van Dam


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The installation of DotNetNuke went successful, but afterwards I’m not able to access my portal.

The steps I followed:
1. I unzipped the source package of DotNetNuke into “D:\DotNetNukeSource\”.
2. In IIS I set a virtual directory to “D:\DotNetNukeSource\Website\” with alias “DotNetNukeSource”. Enabled ASP.NET for this virtual directory (version 2.0.50727).
3. Enabled a web share on this directory with alias “DotNetNukeSource”.
4. Gave the ASP.NET Machine Account full control on “D:\DotNetNukeSource\Website\” and all of its subdirectories. (Doing the same for “D:\DotNetNukeSource\” didn’t fix the problem.)
5. Edited the SQL Server Connection Strings in the web.config file.
 
Installation went fine, but after clicking on “Click Here To Access Your Portal” nothing happens (for 20 minutes or more). Trying to access the portal directly through “http://localhost/dotnetnukesource/” gives the error message “The website declined to show this webpage”.
 
Reinstalling IIS (and .NET 3.5 SP1) didn’t fix the problem.
 
What am I overlooking / doing wrong?
 
OS: Windows XP SP3
Web server: IIS
DotNetNuke version: 04.09.03 source edition
Database: SQL Server 2008 Standard

 
 
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6/3/2009 7:39 AM
 
Sebastian Leupold


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I suggest to use free IIS Admin pro (www.jetstat.com/iisadmin) to be able to launch your web site as web application

Make sure, you enabled default.aspx as default document

you do not need to create a web share.

you do not need to manually tweak the connection string in web.config, this will be handled by the wizard when selecting "Custom Mode".

I'd suggest to delete database and installation folder content, re-unzip all files and restart from scratch.

I suggest to use latest version DNN 4.9.4 (not related to the issue).

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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6/3/2009 9:50 AM
 
Gerard van Dam


Joined: 4/1/2009
Posts: 122

Thanks for your quick reply.

I switched to DNN 4.9.4. Downloaded, installed and set the IIS Admin pro tool. Deleted the database and installation folder content. Re-unzipped all files and started from scratch.

I didn't create a web share this time. It is mentioned (for the install package) in "Beginning DotNetNuke Skinning and Design" by Andrew Hay and Shaun Walker (Chapter 2, page 32).

When opening http://localhost/ I got the following error message. (The installation of DNN didn't start.)

<Beginning of output>

The XML page cannot be displayed
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

A name was started with an invalid character. Error processing resource 'http://localhost/'. Line 1, Position 2

<%@ Page Language="vb" AutoEventWireup="false" Explicit="True" Inherits="DotNetNuke.Framework.DefaultPage" CodeFile="Defa...
 

<End of output>
 
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6/3/2009 10:55 AM
 
Gerard van Dam


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Posts: 122

The problem seems to be solved.

In my previous installations I used the "development.config" as the basis for the "web.config" file. (Copying and renaming it.)

When using "release.config" as the basis for the "web.config" file the installation was again successfull, but this time I was able to access my portal.

To my knowledge "development.config" should do the trick too, doesn't it? Any clues?
 
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