Below is a step by step installation procedure to install DotNetNuke portal

Since DNN is an open source project we do not provide support for any bugs or issues related to the DotNetNuke Portal software.

If you run into installation problems, you are welcome to use the ASP.net forum at:

1) Getting DotNetNuke and Uploading to Webserver

- Download DotNetNuke from http://www.DotNetNuke.com

- Upload the DNN .zip file under the root folder of your domain

- Extract the content using the FileManager available under the Tools section from your hosting account control panel.

- Create a new MSSQL database instance by going to: Databases -> MS SQL -> MS SQL DBs -> Add New Database

2) Customizing the web.config file

- Rename release.config file (under root) to web.config.

- Open the Web.config file with any text editor.

- Update the database connection information

<add key="SiteSqlServer"

value="Server=<mssql host name available from within the control panel>;

Database=<DB_NAME>;

uid=<User_Name>;

pwd=<DB_password>;

Trusted_Connection=False" />

-Update the highlighted fields with your account information

-To avoid any conflicts, we would highly recommend using a fresh database for the application install.

3) DotNetNuke Setup

- Open your browser and navigate to http://YourHostedDomainName.com

- DotNetNuke will setup all the database objects when it first loads. This process MAY run for several minutes.

DO NOT hit the stop button on the browser

Note:

For DotNetNuke support, please visit: http://www.dotnetnuke.com/tabid/795/Default.aspx