Hi All,

I'm still very new in the whole DNN thing, I'm still only learning and playing around.

But now I am stuck. When I create a new portal, I go to Host > Portals...

Then I click on 'Add New Portal', and I add the following details (I also include passwords, but it didn't copy).

Portal Setup

Portal Type: There are two types of portals which can be created using this application (see the Module Help available on the Action Menu for more details).	Parent Child
Portal Alias: Enter the Alias for this Portal	Portal Name Is Required.
Home Directory: Enter the Home Directory for this Portal	Customize
Title: Give your site a title.
Description: Enter a description for your site.	My New Portal
Keywords: Enter some keywords separated by a comma. These are added to the Html page as MetaData and help Search Engines index your site.	Portal
Template: Choose a template for the new Portal.	Please select a template file Default Website Template

First Name: Enter your first name.	First Name Is Required.
Last Name: Enter your last name.	Last Name Is Required.
Username: Enter a username for the Administrator Account for this site.	Username Is Required.
Password: Enter a password for the Administrator Account for this site.	Password Is Required.
Confirm: Repeat your password to confirm it was typed correctly.	Password Confirmation Is Required.
Email: Enter an email address for the Administrator Account for this site.	Email Is Required.

When I click 'Create Portal', I get the following

There was an error sending confirmation emails - frichthus@gmail.com: The specified string is not in the form required for an e-mail address.. However, the website was created. Click here to access the site.

And when I click on the link, it redirects me to http://newportal/ and displays 'Internet Explorer Cannot Display The Webpage'.

When I create a child portal it redirects me to the root directory e.g. http://localhost:1234/DotNetNuke/

All data does get inserted into the Portals & PortalAlias tables.

I would appreciate any advice.

Kind Regards

Frikkie

I think you should understand the different between Parent and Child.

In my opinion, CMIIW, if you choose Parent portal then you have to make sure that your Portal Alias can be PING-ed. If you type "newPortal" name as parent portal then i assume that "newPortal" is a computer name that you can PING from your Command Prompt. If you can't PING to "newPortal" then your DNN will failed to load the website. So, it's easy to understand that parent portal can be :

• a computer name (SGH001, DEV01, DEVSVR, PRODSVRBETA, etc)
• a new domain (http://www.mydomain1.com, http://www.mydomain2.net, etc)
• a new sub domain (http://subdomain1.mydomain.com, http://subdomain2.mydomain.com, etc)

To test it, go to Command Prompt and do PING to your parent portal.

PING newportal

And then see the result. If it's ok, then the parent portal can be used. If failed, then you can't use that as your parent portal.

If you choose Child portal, then the url should be http://domain/childportalname, so the pattern will use your active domain. Then no need to ping your domain because you have the active one.

CMIIW.