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1/3/2008 2:09 PM
 
Tolga Koseoglu

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Does anybody have clear and clean installtion steps for DNN 4.8.0 on a Windows Server 2003 SP1 box?

I am not able to actaully browser to the just installed portal. I downloaded the source code, made changes to IIS, web.config, and went through the SQL Server installtion successfully. I created all my admin users and it tells everything has been created and build successfully. Then when I would like to browser to teh portal I get this...

 

Server Error in '/DotNetNuke_2' Application.

Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: path1

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.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: path1

Source Error: 

Line 70:         Public Sub New(ByVal DefaultType As SkinDefaultType)
Line 71:             Dim nodename As String = [Enum].GetName(DefaultType.GetType(), DefaultType).ToLower
Line 72:             Dim filePath As String = System.IO.Path.Combine(DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.ApplicationMapPath, glbDotNetNukeConfig)
Line 73: 
Line 74:             Dim dnndoc As New XmlDocument()

Source File: C:\DotnetNuke\DotNetNuke_04.08.00_Source\Library\Components\Skins\SkinDefaults.vb    Line: 72

Stack Trace: 

[ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: path1]
   System.IO.Path.Combine(String path1, String path2) +4963802
   DotNetNuke.UI.Skins.SkinDefaults..ctor(SkinDefaultType DefaultType) in C:\DotnetNuke\DotNetNuke_04.08.00_Source\Library\Components\Skins\SkinDefaults.vb:72
   DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.get_DefaultSkin() in C:\DotnetNuke\DotNetNuke_04.08.00_Source\Library\Components\Shared\Globals.vb:171
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings.GetPortalSettings(Int32 TabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) in C:\DotnetNuke\DotNetNuke_04.08.00_Source\Library\Components\Portal\PortalSettings.vb:735
   DotNetNuke.Entities.Portals.PortalSettings..ctor(Int32 tabId, PortalAliasInfo objPortalAliasInfo) in C:\DotnetNuke\DotNetNuke_04.08.00_Source\Library\Components\Portal\PortalSettings.vb:551
   DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.GetHostPortalSettings() in C:\DotnetNuke\DotNetNuke_04.08.00_Source\Library\Components\Shared\Globals.vb:734
   DotNetNuke.Common.Globals.GetPortalSettings() in C:\DotnetNuke\DotNetNuke_04.08.00_Source\Library\Components\Shared\Globals.vb:779
   DotNetNuke.Authentication.ActiveDirectory.HttpModules.AuthenticationModule.Init(HttpApplication application) +389
   System.Web.HttpApplication.InitModulesCommon() +135
   System.Web.HttpApplication.InitInternal(HttpContext context, HttpApplicationState state, MethodInfo[] handlers) +2600820
   System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetNormalApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +347
   System.Web.HttpApplicationFactory.GetApplicationInstance(HttpContext context) +139
   System.Web.HttpRuntime.ProcessRequestInternal(HttpWorkerRequest wr) +196

 
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1/3/2008 3:34 PM
 
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1/10/2008 6:30 AM
 
don Vickers


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I just did a fresh install of 4.8.0 to a Windows 2003 server using SQLExpress and after completing the installation process successfully I also received the Value cannot be null with the parameter name being path1. 
I have installed DotNetNuke quite a few times and followed the steps in the installation guide faithfully.
Any idea why path1 is null and, more importantly, how to make the installation to work?
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1/10/2008 10:54 AM
 
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In a few previous installation issues I have found people that had a successful install but a bad portal alias.

You might check the portalAlias table to ensure that you have your alias in there and that it does NOT have a / at the end of it.

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1/22/2008 11:07 PM
 
Andrew Tregonning

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Hi

I have just installed a fresh copy of DotNetNuke 4.8, and am getting this issue too.

The contents of my PortalAlias table is:

PortalAliasID PortalID HTTPAlias
1 0 localhost/dotnetnuke_2

So there's no trailing slash - any other ideas? Has anyone solved this yet?

Thanks,
Andrew
 
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