Hi

the basic installation instructions are in a text file as part of the download. i would recommend that you install and get familair with DNN locally before you try to install on your remote server.

Here is a tip: i suggest that you download the free Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express and install. Then download the the starter kit for DNN. Run the starter kit by clicking on the .vsi file. this will install the template into VWD.

Open visual web developer express and go to file > New Website, you will see a list of the templates installed. Click on the Dotnet nuke starter template and you site will start to install. Then follow the instructions on the front page.

Once you have done this you site should install and the front page load in your browser

Hope that helps

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Hi albertramsbottom,

I'm a newbie myself...I followed the basic installation instructions as you recommended ealier.  The directions are really easy to follow...all scripts successfully installed with no failures.  However when I try to launch the portal I get the following ERROR...not sure what's causing it.  Any Idea? 

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.] DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +215 DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) +98 DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +3385 System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean& completedSynchronously) +64