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2/8/2010 3:05 PM
 

Hi, I could really use some help! I have just started developing on DNN and wanted to deploy the website to our web server to make sure the deployment will work. I am just using the default.aspx page that comes when you install DotNetNuke (the one with all the "Sponsors" images at the bottom of the page). 

I manually copied all the website files over from the development environment to the web server's folder.

And yes, I added a portal alias to the database. :-)

The problem I'm having is that I can get to default.aspx, but all the links are broken except the main DotNetNuke graphic. So all the "Sponsors" show up as broken image links. When I look at the path for the images they are all pointing to (for example)...

http://<myserver:myport>/<my...

I guess part of the question is: why is the "<mysite>" part of the path? Why isn't it just looking for http://<myserver:myport>/Portals/0/aspnet.gif, which is where the file actually is? As I mentioned, the main DotNetNuke logo shows up fine, because it's looking for it at http://<myserver:myport>/Portal..., which is correct.

If it was just that the images were broken it wouldn't be a big deal, but I can't get to any other page. I.e. clicking "Login" or "Register" just gives me a 404 error, presumably because those links (in development) normally go to .../<mysite>/Login.aspx, etc.

I have read through a zillion posts on deployment but I haven't seen this problem come up. Can anybody help me figure this out? Where does that /<mysite> folder come from?

Thanks!

Phil

 
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2/9/2010 5:55 AM
 

links are usually stored domain relative, if you change from child portal to parent or from virtual directory to root installation you will encounter issues. At least for Text/HTML module, there is a free search/replace tool from www.engagemodules.com.


Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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2/9/2010 12:49 PM
 

Thanks Sebastian, but my concern isn't about the image links being broken; I can probably fix those. I just don't understand why I can't get to the Login page or any other page. I must have done something wrong in the configuration of the website but I don't know if it's on the IIS side or in DNN. I haven't seen this problem mentioned in other deployment posts so I must have screwed up something basic. If you have any ideas on that please let me know.

 
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2/10/2010 7:14 PM
 
I was hunting around the forum and I see a lot of people with similar problems but no definitive answer. However, I did find this thread: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/Community/Forums/tabid/795/forumid/107/threadid/122885/scope/posts/threadpage/4/Default.aspx It says there's a setting in IIS that controls whether or not it will try to serve a page by verifying that it exists or not. Since Login.aspx, etc. don't actually exists, you just get 404 errors. Turning that switch off fixed the problem for some people. But I'm using IIS 6.1 on Windows 7, and I can't find an equivalent setting. Do you know if one exists?
 
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