How to Install DotNetNuke 4.7.0 (DNN)

I got DotNetNuke 4.7.0 installed today, here's what I did:

1. Follow all the instructions on installing DNN 4.4.0: http://kb.discountasp.net/article.aspx?id=10382
2. The last step in that kb article is to load the dnn site for the first time:
   1. If you get an Application Error at this point, then you have two database connections in your web.config. Make sure you have only one; delete the SQL Server Express providers in both places, leaving only the SQL Server ones.
3. If it does run, then you get a new Install Wizard. You get choices for Custom, Typical and Auto. I chose Typical, the default.
4. All of the questions the Wizard asks are going to be self-explanatory, but I did run into one problem:
   1. On the database connection page, it asks for the user. Use the default user for your database.
   2. The SQL server name should not include the "tcp:" at the beginning, as is shown on the MS SQL 2005 Database Management screen. Just use the name of the server itself (for me this was sql2k511.discountasp.net)
   3. Check the "Owner DB" checkbox
   4. Put the password in the password box
   5. You can put in the object name thingy if you want, but you don't need it.
   6. Test the database connection using the button at the bottom of the screen before proceeding to the next step.

Also, I suspect that this new Wizard obviates the need to edit the web.config file prior to uploading, but now that I have this working I don't want to go "testing" things. So if the "next guy" wouldn't mind giving it a shot...might help out the community.

Wishing I'd taken screenshots of the wizard too.

Post Edited (Tim Dunnington) : 11/11/2007 1:13:59 AM GMT

 

Maybe someone can help me out with this. I have been trying to install DotNetNuke for the last few days and have not been having any success. After following all the instructions and setup procedures (http://kb.discountasp.net/article.aspx?id=10382 and above), when I go to www.mysite.com/DotNetNuke_SubDirectory I only get an error page. It says 'Server Error in /DoNetNuke_SubDirectory Application' then instructs me to edit the customErrors tag to enable remote viewing of errors. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks

 

After disabling customError the details are of a configuration error - The entry 'ScriptModule' has already been added.

Line 60: <add name='DNNMembership' type='DotNetNuke.HttpModules.DNNMembershipModule, DotNetNuke.HttpModules.DNNMembership'/>
Line 61: <add name='Personalization' type='DotNetNuke.HttpModules.PersonalizationModule, DotNetNuke.HttpModules.Personalization'/>
Line 62: <add name='ScriptModule' type='System.Web.Handlers.ScriptModule, System.Web.Extensions, Version=1.0.61025.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35'/></font>
Line 63: </httpModules>
Line 64: <httpHandlers>

 

Could you post (attach) the entire web.config, or send me an email with it. Maybe I can help out.


Also, the dumb questions first...you were able to run the entire wizard with no errors, and you are running .net 2.0?

 

I finally got the wizard to run. I had a web.config in my root directory that was causing problems with the one in my DNN subdirectory. I deleted the one in my root and everything installed with no problems. Thanks for the help.

 

Ah sweet! Honestly I would never have thought of that. Glad to hear you got it going, enjoy!