Hi there! (Brace yourself...get a coctail...this is long)
I've read a ton of postings, and none of the resolutions posted have worked for me...YET! But I'm soooooo close : )
The Basics:
DNN 4.4.1 / ASP .NET 2.0
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DotNetNuke4\Website (folder contains Default.aspx)
IIS 5 / Windows 2000
Created a Virtual Directory under the Default Web Site called DotNetNuke4 and specified the
local path = C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DotNetNuke4\Website
Installation of DNN on my test server worked GREAT! So happy! I logged in as host, created a portal alias called www.mytestdnn.com. Wonderful! So smooth! On this server, the site comes up as http://localhost/DotNetNuke4/
Ok great..now technically, I should be able to use my computer and access the test server I just installed DNN on, by using the portal alias I created. Also, I added an entry on my local machines host file mapping www.mytestdnn.com to the ip of the remote machine. So, on my machine, I type in:
www.mytestdnn.com - I get Under Construction
www.mytestdnn.com/DotNetNuke4 - The page cannot be displayed / currently unavailable
but I know I'm getting to the server, because in the Website directory under DNN I created a test file called jenifer.htm and when I try http://www.mytestdnn.com/dotnetnuke4/jenifer.htm I get my file...so i know i'm accessing the remote server and I'm in! But Why doesn't my DNN site come up?
http://www.mytestdnn.com/default.aspx - I get "Server Error in '/' Application. The resource cannot be found.
I've seen postings say that IIS doesn't know that I want Dnn as my default web page...so it's trying to start the IIS default web page, then mine and I'm in a loop...therefore I get notta! But I'm not sure if this is true, and I don't know how/where to tell IIS to use my DotNetNuke4 as its default web site. Under the IIS settings, under Default Web Site, I changed the Home Directory from C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\ to C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DotNetNuke4\Website (Which i don't think i'm supposed to do.)
Went back to my machine, type int http://www.mytestdnn.com and I get under construction.
Tried C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DotNetNuke4\Website AND I'M IN.....but again...I think I'm not supposed to change the home directory on the Default Web Site.
So, the other way I got this site to work remotely...
Instead of Creating a Virtual Directory under the Default Web Site...I created a new stand alone web site on the server.
Specified a description and a Host Header. I pointed it to the path where my Dnn install resides C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DotNetNuke4\Website.
Then, went back to my machine..typed in
http://www.mytestdnn.com - got under contruction
C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\DotNetNuke4\Website - IM IN REMOTELY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
BUT HOW COME IT DOESN'T WORK WHEN SET UP AS A VIRTUAL DIRECTORY?
Can someone pleaseeeeeeeeee tell me what I'm doing wrong?
Thanks for any help someone can provide...I'm sure it's just me, and I'm doing something wrong or missing something.
-Jen