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6/7/2016 1:55 PM

Richard Howells

www.dynamisys.co.uk
Joined: 3/26/2006

Posts: 2001

Re: Moving Site to Localhost

It needs to be in portalias too.

Have you set up the site as an application in IIS Manager?

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6/7/2016 2:47 PM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: Moving Site to Localhost

I usually prefer using host headers over ports - much easier to handle:
add a site name as localhost alias into windows \ system32 \ drivers \ etc \ hosts file (e.g. "dnn") and assign it to your IIS website.
No subfolder, no Port needed :)

Cheers from Germany,
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6/7/2016 4:05 PM

Brett Jones

Joined: 6/6/2016

Posts: 9

Re: Moving Site to Localhost

Yes, the site is setup as an application in IIS Manager.

6/7/2016 4:07 PM

Brett Jones

Joined: 6/6/2016

Posts: 9

Re: Moving Site to Localhost

I am not sure what you mean about adding a host header.

This is what is in my hosts file:

127.0.0.1 localhost

6/8/2016 5:24 AM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: Moving Site to Localhost

you may add your alias, e.g. "127.0.0.1 localhost dnn" (use a tab in between)
and in IIS you bind the site to "dnn" - without port. if your IIS folder is pointing to the folder where DNN is installed (should not reside inside inetpub/wwwroot/, rather inetpub/dnn with appropriate permission assigned), you may access your site using http://dnn (you need to make sure, dnn is used in portalalias database table for the portalID of your site)

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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