I'm a newbie, and I feel like this is a really dumb problem - surely everybody has got to have this same problem, or I installed DNN incorrectly.

I've added a new portal with a new administrator userid. I'm unable to log on to DNN with that userid. I looked at the stuff in SQL Server, and everything seems normal, I guess. The new userid is only associated with the new portal id in the user portal table. The DNN app doesn't recognize the user id for login.

FYI, the DNN installation is on my local machine, XP SP3 running in IIS. SQL Server Express, but the DNN app is configured for straight SQL Server (no local database). I tried it the other way, too, but that didn't make any difference. Everything else I've got works fine in this configuration. I can also run the DNN app in VS2008.

I've been fighting with this thing for a week now. I've gotta be missing something. I just know I'm gonna look like a dork when the answer comes out. I'm hoping I don't hafta spend a year tracing through the code to find out what the problem is.

Thanks in advance for any help

M

I was logged in as "host". Under the "Host" menu option, I selected "Portals", then "Add New Portal", then I created the portal, and specified the user at the end of that process.

Have u tried to log in the same Portal which u just created? or tried to logged in the Main site?

as you have created that User in the other Portal so you have to Logged in that Portal Only.