Hi

I’m currently working on a site where the host forces DNN to be installed in a subfolder (e.g. /dnn) . Installation isn’t a problem but the resulting URLs containing the subfolder name are a problem i.e.

www.mydomain.com/dnn/....

To try and ‘remove’ dnn from the URLs, I have followed the following steps, as suggested by Charles Self’s blog posting here (see last entry):

http://forums.networksolutions.com/we...


1. Updated the host head key in web.config to <add key="HostHeader" value="dnn/" />

2 Added portal aliases www.mydomain.com and www.mydomain.com/dnn to the PortalAlias table.


As a result the site still responds to URLs with /dnn but I get 404 when trying to access pages without /dnn in the URL. This seems logical as there is no mechanism to point the domain to the DNN application in the subfolder.

Even when adding a default.aspx at root level to forward browsers to www.mydomain.com/dnn/ , 'dnn' remains in the URLs, so there is no sign of the HostHeader key making any difference at all. What step am I missing?

What else do I need to do to prevent the subfolder appearing in the URL?

Any pointers appreciated…

Phil

Ps DNN 5.4.2

Thanks for the reply Mike. You are quite right, but in this case the we're having to use Plesk and therefore there's no way of  defining IIS' root directory as anything other than the Plesk default i.e. /httpdocs. And due to Plesk's security procedures, its not practically possible to install in the root directory hence the subfolder install.

Phil

Phil,

In case you are still having problems with DNN support at your existing host, we can help you.  We do support DNN installations and will assist you with IIS settings, folder permissions, root and subfolder installations, DNN backup and moving, etc.
We also use Plesk Control Panel for our clients websites, but as you discovered, the control panel does not allow changes to IIS home directory settings.

Best Regards,

Paul Gaston
Joe Big, Inc.
www.joebig.com