Hi I would like to know how to create a new parent portal. I am programming on my local box and can't figure out how to  create a working parent portal.  I have the default portal set up at localhost/dotnetnuke.  Do I have to run a brand new installation to create a new parent portal?  I tried going through the portal wizard and selecting parent portal (from the radio button) and pointing the portal alias to a new virtual directory that I created in IIS.  I was hoping that dnn would create all the necessary files in the new virtual directory I set up but it didn't.  I just get an error when I try to visit the url. I am a dnn newbie and can't find any info that explains how to do this.  I can't find any helpful info in the 'professional dotnetnuke 4' book either. Any help would be appreciated.

Also, may be I just missunderstood the parent/child relationship but if you have two completely unrelated sites aren't you supposed to create a brand new parent portal?  You are only supposed to create child portals if the site is somehow related to your parent site, correct?  If someone could shed some light on what an appropriate situation would be to justify creating a new parent portal instead of a child portal it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,