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December 22, 2008

Installing DotNetNuke

Filed under: DotNetNuke — Amira @ 4:20 pm

This Post From My Old Blog

You can easily Install DotNetNuke. To do, follow these steps:

Step -1-
Install IIS,Visual Web Developer, SQL Server

Step -2-
Download
DotNetNuke  Extract the downloadable file Extract the file
DotNetNuke_04.08.04_Install.zip to another folder,(I extracted it to a
folder “DotNetNuke434″ located in “C:\Inetpub”)

Step -3-
*Run
DotNetNuke_04.08.04_StarterKit.vsi , the installation wizard will
appear as shown in Figure 1-1.

Figure 1-1

*Click “Next” and the install will start.
Before the actual install starts, however, you may see a message like
the one in Figure 1-2, click “Yes”.

Figure 1-2

*Now you will see a window like
Figure 1-3, click “Finish” to continue installation.

Figure 1-3

*Finally the
installation complete successfully like Figure 1-4.

Figure 1-4

Step -4-
Go
to the directory where you extracted DotNetNuke “DotNetNuke434″, Right
click and select “properties”, move to “Security” tab, and set
permission for Users to “Full Control” as shown in Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1

Step -5-
Continue
installation as explained here

http://www.adefwebserver.com/DotNetNukeHELP/DNN4_DevelopmentEnvironment/DNN4DevelopmentEnvironment1.htm

P.S.
You may fail in setting up DotNetNuke with some errors like those :
Error 1 –> FAILURE 400 – Access to the path ‘c:\inetpub\DotNetNuke434\Portals\_default3.00.08.txt’ is denied.
Suggested Solution 1 –> http://www.dotnetnuke.com/News/SecurityPolicy/SecurityBulletinno14/tabid/1159/Default.aspx
Suggested Solution 2 –> check step -5-

Error 2 –>Failed to update database  \APP_DATA\DATABASE.MDF” because the database is read-only.
Suggested Solution 2 –> check step -5-

Hope this helpSmile
Amira

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