DotNetNuke Development Notes (Part I - DNN & IIS)

Used:
Windows XP Professional
Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS 6)
Visual Studio 2008
DotNetNuke 4.8.0 Source Package

I. Install IIS6 (if not already installed) before installing VS2008 and any other ASP.NET stuff

II. Create a a new Physical Folder, preferentialy under C:\Inetpub (e.g. C:\Inetpub\DNN), and extract the .zip (Website and Library Folders, and two solution files) into that folder.

III. Create a new Virtual Folder via IIS (Control Panel -> Admin Tools -> IIS Manager) providing the path to the previously created physical folder, \Website (e.g. C:\Inetpub\DNN\Website) with at least Read, Run scripts and Execute permissions. After that, in Website properties, make sure the Web Site's ASP.NET version is 2.0.50727

IV. Rename release.config to web.config

V. In a web browser (IE or Firefox) go to http://localhost/Website (e.g. http://localhost/DNN/)

VI. Select the automatic install option, the website will be installed.