Hello,

    I've searched through the net and cannot find the answer that best fits my scenario. I'm attempting to install DNN on my companies local intranet so that it may be viewable to anyone connected to the network. I downloaded and extracted the "source code project" files of version 5.6.1 to my C:/inetpub/(site name) local folder after IIS setup of this site on my machine. I then made a new database on a NETWORK DATABASE SERVER. Made the appropriate changes and modified the release.config file with the correct connection strings for SQLSERVER and renamed to web.config. When I try to navigate to my site to finish the install, I get the following...

Compiler Error Message: BC30451: Name 'Config' is not declared. Source Error: Line 61: ''' ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Line 62: Private Sub Application_Start(ByVal Sender As Object, ByVal E As EventArgs) Line 63: If Config.GetSetting("ServerName") = "" Then Line 64: ServerName = Server.MachineName Line 65: Else Source File: C:\inetpub\port\App_Code\Global.asax.vb    Line: 63

 Here are my web.config connection strings...

<connectionStrings>     <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005/2008 Express     <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/> -->     <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005/2008-->     <add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="Server=(NetworkDbServerName);Database=port;uid=portdbadmin;pwd=portadmin1;" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />       </connectionStrings>   <appSettings>     <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005/2008 Express - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules      <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True;AttachDBFilename=|DataDirectory|Database.mdf;"/> -->     <!-- Connection String for SQL Server 2005/2008 - kept for backwards compatability - legacy modules    -->     <add key="SiteSqlServer" value="Server=(NetworkDbServerName);Database=port;uid=portdbadmin;pwd=portadmin1;"/>

I've setup several DNN sites before but this is the first time I've tried to use my local machine as the app server and a network box as the DB server to be viewed on a local intranet.

Thanks for your help,
~Mike

That's good advice to use the Install package rather than Source package at this point. The Source package intentionally does not include a web.config file  In addition to having to rename the Source package's release.config or development.config file to web.config, it is necessary to first build the DotNetNuke_Community solution in Visual Studio, lacking which is the root cause of the error you received. - not something to attempt when first working with DotNetNuke! Even if you later get involved in developing custom modules and other extensions for DotNetNuke, it is still recommended to use the Install package in your development environment.

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Bill, WESNet Designs
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