Unable to complete DotNetNuke Install

I was trying to install DotNetNuke 4.09 on DiscountASP and ran into problems. This is my first attempt to install DotNetNuke anywhere and my first attempt to install any program at Discount ASP other than simple programs I wrote myself. I am very experienced in designing SQL Server databases and writing stored procedures and in writing software in 3GL. I am just starting to learn dotnet architecture however. I would be totally comfortable in doing any backend changes to the database or its content if that would help.

I modified the web.config to point to my existing SQL 2005 database. (I have an existing application using my root directory and my SQL 2005 database that I don't want to jeperdize while installing DotNetNuke).

I carefully followed the DiscountASP's instructions for installing DotNetNuke with the following exceptions:

1. I installed a DotNetNuke subdirectory under my root directory as per the instructions and the I installed a subdirectory under that subdirectory according to DotNetNuke's instructions. I uploaded the unzipped DotNetNuke files with the modified web.config to this level2 subdirectory.

2. I installed the application on the level2 subdirectory.

When I ran the DotNetNuke install through my browser, I let it run for hours. I eventually had to stop it. It had added almost 80MB of data to my database. Any attempts to access the DotNetNuke portal, however returns the message that domain www.mydomain.com/dotnetnuke/mywebsite does not exist in the database.

I later removed the level2 subdirectory and reuploaded the DotNetNuke files to the DotNetNuke subdirectory and then installed that application, etc.

Any attempt to direct my browser to that web iste, however, results in the same message www.mydomain.com/dotnetnuke does not exist in the database.

I suspect that the problem is that the database is half installed and I need to back it out to do a proper install. However, I do not know an easy waysince the database also supports other applications.

Does anyone have a suggestion for what I might do from here. Is there sorewhere I can see what the coorectly installed database is supposed to look like and what data is required as part of a successfull install. Is it possible that I could simply insert some data intot he DotNetNuke tables to make it work?

Thanks in advance for any assistance.

 

Honestly, you would be much better off posing this question to the DNN forums as the DNN install is basically a black box install. Their forums would be the place to see what happens, at what step, whats changed, etc. I would like to suggest you make sure you have a backup of the database prior to the install however. For a few reasons:

1 - Its just smart /emoticons/smile.gif
2 - Im not sure if you can continue where you left off and may need a fresh start

Sorry I couldnt be more help. Good luck. On a side note - if youve worked as a developer, then you might want to skip DNN altogether and just work on your own applications.

 

Thanks for the response.


I had searched DotNetNuke's site and my problem is that the instructions provided at DiscountASP differ from those provided at DotNetNuke in that:
1. the DotNetNuke instructions call for creating a subdirectory DotNetNuke_2 and a subdirectory Website undr that and inslatting DotNetNuke into the Website subdirectory.
2. The DiscountASP instructions call for having only 1 subdirectory level (as the old versions the install instructions for DotNetNuke called for).


I assumed that the instructions at DotNetNuke were newer and went with them, but I don't know what the implications of being 2 levels below the root directory are for DiscountASP.


I am an experienced application developer who has written thousands of business modules and I can turn almost every business need into an programmed algorithm, however, when it comes to Windows, I know how to copy a file in Windows Explorer and click on an Icon on the desktop, and that is about it (analogue to a writer who can do great things with a word processor but does not know how to install it). I can follow instructions to configure IIS and SQL Server if they are very explicit, but I don'tnecessarily know what they do or mean and why they are important. If there are two versions of instructions, I don't know which is right or how to interpolate or extend.


Regarding why I don't simply develop my own applications from scratch. I am planning to develop several application suites (hundreds ofdatabase tables and stored procesures each), but all of these suites will need discussion forums, chat, newsletters, user admin, feedback, gallery, file uploads, FAQs, etc., etc. and I don't see much value in reinventing those wheels. In other words, I am looking for a good application ramework into which I can just drop my specific applications. I have built application frameworks of my own in the past (< 10 years ago), but it takes a lot of effort to keep these up to date and I like the idea of hundreds or even thousands of others working to advance all the aspects of the user expoerience beyond the scope of my specific applications. Given that my applications are all non-profit or for personal use, I also cannot aford to pay much for commercial softwate components.


If you have any suggestions of alternative frameworks solutions for web applications, I woud be very thankful.

 

Sorry DBFAN, I havent spent enough time with DNN to help you. As long as you have backups, my best suggestion would be to try and try again. Hopefully someone else on here can offer some advise.