It seems that when you create a new portal and assign it an alias, you can't access the portal until you've added a default  page but you can't add a default page until you access the portal.   What is the normal procedure for creating a new portal and adding pages to it?

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Steve

Thanks David for responding. The problem was that I left out the step of telling my hosting provider to link the portal alias to the main DNN site. I thought I just needed to point the DNS servers to the hosting provider and then set up the portal alias in DNN to accept the request. Thanks, Steve