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12/4/2013 11:39 AM
 
maurizio bettiga


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Hello,

i have had some little experience in DNN 6.1 last year now  i need to built a new prj in dnn 7

my provider is netsons  the initial setup was fine for me

DNN phisical folder is   httpdocs/dnn

initially  the root folder for my site was only httpdocs then i decide to move up the root to DNN

so my relative path is /

after giving to my virtual folder all needed permission everithing seems good

now before to start on main site I want to develop a forum to share with my customer any problem and topic related to our prj

I have done many many test and try to have a subdomain in place without luck

My understanding are that DNN does not need another IIS istance to have a subdoamin in plave only create a portal and associate the right alias on parallel plesk.

My goal would be to have in place  forum.mydomain.net  using host site settings menu. I look first for parent domain

root folder can be custom or default  the result are the same 

when i create it  any time   when browse my forum.mydomain.net  i see only a default parallel plesk page instead the welcome page from dnn sub portals 

After thousand of search and test i was not able to implement it 

the only way i found to built a portals is on child mode  but is it not what I look for.

Also i noticed a strange behavior when i try to switch from main portal to child portal using tools switch function i receive a user and psw request from ISS i suppose because is not a login windows from dnn but a browser pop up that is saying : www.yourdomian.net:80 request for user and psw

What i want to know is :

IS my approach right during initaial setup P (moving up the root folder instead copy DNN one in root ?)

Can some one follow me in a step by step procedure to setup a subdomain  in parent portal mode ?

Any help will be very appreciated 

regards

 

 

 
 
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12/5/2013 4:04 AM
 
Erik van Ballegoij


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Plesk and DNN are but good friends, simply because the expected behaviour of Plesk it's that for each new (sub) domain you need to set up a new account. The way it supports domain aliases is also not how you would want to do this with DNN.

So first and foremost, you need to talk to your provider about any issues with Plesk. What needs to be done is that in IIS, the subdomain needs to be added as new binding (host header), and then in DNN, make sure that the portal alias of the new portal is correctly set to the same.

Check with your provider to make sure everything is set up correctly
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12/5/2013 6:32 AM
 
Wes Tatters


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In Plesk you need to setup a Domain ALIAS not a Sub Domain - if the sites are being hosting in the same dnn hosting.

A domain alias is a hosting point that references an existing hosting folder or path on the server - this will access a single dnn application
A sub-domain is a hosting point that references a new hosting folder or path on the server - this would create a separate dnn application

Using a domain alias - you can then setup a second dnn portal on the same hosting
- HOWEVER you would need to look at adding a SINGLE SIGNIN module if you want both portals to use the same login.

DNN Community Edition does not directly support single signing across multiple portals
- its a full feature of the professional edition
- BUT all the actual functionality is technically all buried inside the dnn core - there is just no editor module to set it up.

There is however a way to make it work
- a community supported module that brings all that functionality to the community edition
- it can be downloaded at http://dnnportalgroups.codeplex.com/

Westa
 
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12/16/2013 6:58 PM
 
maurizio bettiga


Joined: 12/4/2013
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I guys ,
thanks for your reply after some check i discover some newbbie setup was missing on my subdomain on plesk

I fixed the default document root for my subdomain from index.html to default.aspx then i was able to see subdomain portals

After that due too many test performed I want to start with a clean install of DNN and i rebuilt DNN installing it on httpdocs/DNN and then I moved the root folder in plesk from httpcods to httpdocs/DNN

Starting from this point I created a new portal on my dnn installation and fixed the alias at forum.mydomain.net .

then i try to create an alias on plesk but was not working for me (blank page) and when I create a subdomain in plesk with the same root folder of the main site.... it was working!!!

now my site config is :
mydomain.net with rootfolder = httpdocs/DNN relative path in DNN site settings is /
forum.mydomain.net with rootfolder = httpdocs/DNN relative path in DNN site settings is Portals/x

Can someone confirm to me that this could be a valid approach or i should fix something other ?
The main reason that i look for subdomain definition in plesk instead Alias is that i need in some cases an email address pointing the Subdomain name

@WES : thanks a lot i was checking that switching between site was requiring a login each time. UP to now is not so urgent but i will have a look on your suggested module for sure :D
 
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12/16/2013 7:05 PM
 
maurizio bettiga


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....... What needs to be done is that in IIS, the subdomain needs to be added as new binding (host header), and then in DNN, make sure that the portal alias of the new portal is correctly set to the same.

Check with your provider to make sure everything is set up correctly

 

Not sure if i'm right but i added my sub domain in Plesk by setting the same physical path of the main site

then the alias in DNN portal fixed to the same subdomain name created in my plesk
 
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