I have DNN 4.4.1 using SQL server 2003.  I cannot create any new Portals.  When I click on "Create Portal" on the "Add New Portal" page it just says "Error creating Portal" at the top of the page.  This is the same whether trying to create a Parent or Child Portal.  The logs do not show anything so I have no clue what is failing.

This server has been running DNN for about 2 years.  I updated DNN to 4.4.1 in May '07.  I had no problems after the update,and could create new Portals.  This problem suddenly started about a month back.  There have been no changes to the server since May so I have no idea what might have caused this problem.

I have spent the last several weeks searching the forums and have found several post on similar problems.  None of the solutions posted have worked for my problem though.  I have tried running the SQL Script updates from the previous versions forward.  I have removed all of the templates and verified that I have the correct version of the default "DotNetNuke" template.  I have updated to versions 4.5.5 & 4.6.2 of DNN (restored back to 4.4.1 until issue is fixed).  None of these made and difference in being able to create a new Portal.  Thankfully I had several Portals I was just using for testing and have been able to use them when I've needed a new Portal while trying to find a solution.  However I have ran out of extra Portals and still have no idea how to fix this problem.  This has become very urgent!

Thanks for any help you can provide!

The Portal Alias Name You Specified Already Exists. Please Choose A Different Portal Alias.

SAme issue here.  I am running DNN 4.7 and did an upgrade from 4.6.2 a week ago.  Everything went well but I did not realize until today that I can not create new portals.  It always says "... alias already exists" even though they clearly do not.

Please help!