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11/13/2008 1:56 PM
 
James Dillard

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I'm getting the below listed error after completing settings in the web.config

Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level.  This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Source Error: 

Line 87: 	<system.web>
Line 88:     <!-- Ensure validationkey is not set to AutoGenerate,IsolateApps so it correctly supports webfarms -->
Line 89: 		<machineKey Line 90: 		  validationKey="AutoGenerate,IsolateApps"
Line 91: 		  decryptionKey="F9D1A2D3E1D3E2F7B3D9F90FF3965ABDAC304902F8D923AC"


Source File: C:\Inetpub\vhosts\coolvibepersonals.com\httpdocs\talent\web.config    Line: 89

 

I get this too:

 

It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS. (C:\Inetpub\vhosts\coolvibepersonals.com\httpdocs\talent\web.config line 146)
It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS. (C:\Inetpub\vhosts\coolvibepersonals.com\httpdocs\talent\web.config line 209)
It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being

 

Please help! I really want to do something bit with DNN.

 

 

 

 
 
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11/13/2008 2:33 PM
 
Brian Dukes


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This error message means that you have a web.config improperly in a folder that isn't defined as a web application.  This can mean that you haven't defined your website's folder as a web application in IIS, or that you have a web.config file in a subfolder of your website that needs to be removed.

Hope that helps,

Brian Dukes
Engage Software
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DNN partner specializing in custom, enterprise DNN development.
 
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11/13/2008 4:53 PM
 
James Dillard

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Thank you for your information. I'm not really sure what to do next. I used plesk to setup the domain and I did not get any errors that stated there was something wrong, when I was setting up the domain. I layman's terms is the DNN install script telling me my IIS is screwed up?
 
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11/14/2008 10:22 AM
 
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Before assuming that your website is incorrectly configured in IIS, I'd check to make sure that you don't have any extra web.config files in your site.  Is C:\Inetpub\vhosts\coolvibepersonals.com\httpdocs\talent\ the root of your website, or is talent a subdirectory?  If it's a subdirectory, then it shouldn't have a web.config file in it.

Hope that helps,

Brian Dukes
Engage Software
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DNN partner specializing in custom, enterprise DNN development.
 
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11/14/2008 12:43 PM
 
James Dillard

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I believe this is the root of my DNN website.

C:\Inetpub\vhosts\coolvibepersonals.com\httpdocs\Talent

What I did is I changed the name of the DNN zip file to "Talent" after extracting it and then I uploaded the file to my website via ftp. I guess you could say "Talent" is a subdirectory...I think.

 

I do have two web.config files. However, one is listed as web.config.001 and the other is web.config.

 
 
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