I unzipped the DNN source files, created a virtual directory in IIS pointing to them, configured IIS per Install instructions, and set up a SQL Server database.  But there was no web.config file in the unzipped DNN files.  So I made my own and added the connection string to the DB server and placed it under the root folder.

I then opened IE 7 and typed in the name of my DNN web site and got the following error:

ompiler Error Message: BC30451: Name 'Config' is not declared.

Source Error:

Line 65:         ''' -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Line 66:         Private Sub Application_Start(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs)
Line 67:             If Config.GetSetting("ServerName") = "" Then
Line 68:                 ServerName = Server.MachineName
Line 69:             Else

Does anyone know what the problem is?  My searches on this forum are timig out so it is not easy to find previous posts on the topic.

A thing to remember when you install the source then IIS virtual folder must be mounted to the C:\Downloads\DNN\DNN_04_08_04_Source\Website\ folder not the C:\Downloads\DNN\DNN_04_08_04_Source\

Micheal Washington got great documents on how to setup IIS. Check it out at http://www.adefwebserver.com/DotNetNukeHELP/. Another great source is to check under www.dotnetnuke.com download section under documents there is a installation guide under the DotNetNuke 4.8.4 documents by Shaun Walker. Between these documents you will be able to get it up and running.

My  IIS web site is pointing to the /Website subfolder of my installation.

THe problem with this error is that I created my onw web.config file rather than rename release.config. 

After I renamed release.config to web.config and set my connection string, the installation procceded.  However, it ran all night without ever completing.

I think part of the problem may be that I am running 2 instanaces of SQL Server on this box: SQL Server Developer edition and SQL Server Express.   Here is what my web.config settings look like:

Can I run two instanaces of SQL Server on the same box?