Hi guys,
here I am posting one good tutorials for dotnetnuke guys to how to install it and configure it in your local machine to run successfully.
You just need to follow a few steps and make your application running in your machine.
Before you start, you must have installed StarterKit and source (zip file). If you dont have it then go to dotnetnuke.com site and download two zip formatted files.
DotNetNuke_05.00.00_StarterKit
DotNetNuke_05.00.00_Source.zip
Now unzip first zip StarterKit file and then install framework to start wok on dotnetnuke. You can not run application without installing this StarterKit.
Unzip DotNetNuke_05.00.00_Source.zip file. Go to Website folder inside unzipped file and delete development.config and rename release.config file to web.config file.
Create one database in your MS SQL Server and provide information about your database in stpe 3.
By default the virtual directory name is “DotNetNuke_Cambrian”, you can change it if you want, if you want to change it then open .sln file in notepad and change DotNetNuke_Cambrian-> your website name and save it.
Now right click on unzipped folder “DotNetNuke_05.00.00_Source” and give aspnet permission and rights. You can also set aspnet permission to website folder inside unzipped source file. See below image

Open solution in .Net environment and build solutions, make sure it build successfully.
Open browser and type http://your_virtual_directory_Name/Install/Installwizard.aspx
Now follow the below few steps to configure your DNN application
Step 1
When you open “http://your_virtual_directory_Name/Install/Installwizard.aspx”, the installation wizard will start, here you have to click on Next button, see below image

Step 2
One dialog about file permission will be opened, see below image

We already given aspnet permission to folder if you remember, or in case if you want to check that then click on “Test Permissions”, It will show the message about permissions checked, see below image

now click on next
Step 3
Here, you can configure your database setting by providing Server name, database name, uid and password. Here I hope you have little bit knowledge about how we can connect sql database, so we don’t need to discuss more about this, see below image

now if you want to check this all information are correct then click on “Test Database Connection” button, it will show message for success or failure, see below image

now click “Next”
Step 4
Here, one progress bar appeared and show the progress of installing database in your SQL server

once it will completed, it show the success message and then you can click on “Next”
Step 5
Here you have to configure your host account information to access the admin section of your site. You have to submit Username, Password, Confirm Password and Email Address, see below image

You can also set your smpt setting for sending mails. You have to enter your SMTP address and test it by clicking on “Test SMTP Settings” button, see below image

It show the success message if your SMTP address correct, if its correct then it send one test mail on your host email address. Now, click on “Next”
Step 6
Here you have to configure your admin account information and Portal Name, its little bit same as above step 5.

Click on “Next”
Step 7
Congratulations. Your DNN project is ready to run in your machine. See below image and click on “Finished (Goto Site)” button, It redirect to your site’s home page.

Its completed.
If you want to contact me , please feel free to send me mail on hareshfchaudhari@gmail.com
Hope this article will help you to install and configure DotNetNuke application.
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