Hi,

I've been working with DNN for a couple of years now and just spent some time doing an install on GoDaddy where DNN wasn't in the root.  I'll probably move it into the root later but for now I've found a solution where the users won't see the virtual directory in their address bars.  I figure I'd register to share this since I couldn't find a solution earlier.

Essentially, add a portal alias for the site for both the url with and without the virtual directory.  Then in the ROOT of the hosting account edit the web.config with a couple of rewrite rules.

1. Rewrite the url to itself
2. Redirect from the url with the virtual directory to one without
3. Rewrite the url (if it doesn't have the virtual directory) to one with the virtual directory.

I've outlined the whole process on my blog here

OK, folks... anyone! I tried doing this and am getting a 505 error as soon as I upload the web.config file.

Either I am not using the right syntax (the opening and closing) for the web.config file (it only gives you the rewrite portion of the web.config in the example above).
I'm not putting it in the right place. (I am putting it in the html root of godaddy, not the real root, which godaddy doesn't give access to, or the dotnetnuke installation application root.)

Can anyone give me hints? This is what I came up with that is wrong.

OK, folks... anyone! I tried doing this and am getting a 505 error as soon as I upload the web.config file.

Either I am not using the right syntax (the opening and closing) for the web.config file (it only gives you the rewrite portion of the web.config in the example above).
I'm not putting it in the right place. (I am putting it in the html root of godaddy, not the real root, which godaddy doesn't give access to, or the dotnetnuke installation application root.)

Can anyone give me hints? This is what I came up with that is wrong.

<!--<configuration> -->
  <!-- The system.webServer section is required for IIS7 compatability It is ignored by IIS6-->
  <!-- <system.webServer>-->
  <!-- <rewrite>-->
     <!-- <rules> -->
<!-- <clear />-->
      <!-- <rule name="Remove Virtual Directory">-->
         <!-- <match url=".*" />-->
         <!-- <action type="Rewrite" url="{R:0}" />-->
       <!-- </rule>-->
       <!-- <rule name="Rewrite DotNetNuke to Root" stopProcessing="true" enabled="true">-->
          <!-- <match url="^web$|^web/(.*)$" />-->
          <!-- <conditions>-->
          <!-- </conditions>-->
          <!-- <action type="Redirect" url="{R:1}" redirectType="Permanent" />-->
       <!-- </rule>-->
       <!-- <rule name="Rewrite Root to DotNetNuke " stopProcessing="true" enabled="true">-->
          <!-- <match url="^(.*)$" />-->
          <!-- <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">-->
 <!-- <add input="{HTTP_HOST}" negate="false" pattern=".+\.thecompanionprogram\.net$" />-->
 <!-- <add input="{PATH_INFO}" negate="true" pattern="^/web$|^/web/(.*)$" />-->
          <!-- </conditions>-->
          <!-- <action type="Rewrite" url="thecompanionprogram/{R:1}" />-->
       <!-- </rule>-->
     <!-- </rules>-->
   <!-- </rewrite>-->
<!-- </configuration>-->