Successfully Installed DotNetNuke
by Douglas McGregor on Feb.06, 2010, under Geeky Stuff
Now that my website and email server are successful, I can start exploring other CMS’s. Enter in DotNetNuke.
We used DotNetNuke at Strathclyde University, where I was on work experience. DotNetNuke is basically an open source content management system based on ASP.NET, using SQL Server. My whole idea is to install these CMS’s and play around with them and see how they work. I got to know how DotNetNuke worked at Strathclyde, but I have bad memories of working there, so those memories are better left in the past.
A couple of errors were encountered during the install wizard, but most of them were very simple to fix. I Googled them in desperation, and for the database error people went as technical as saying to delete the instance folder of SQL Server in Program Files. No need, you simply have to choose SQL Server 2008, NOT the Express File option. Also, choose integrated security, assuming you have installed SQL Server 2008 Express. The other error looked like an Ajax related error, and there were quite a few discussions about it on forums, but that seemed to go away after I installed .NET Framework 4 Beta.
I wanted to boast about this on Facebook, but didn’t want to annoy everyone, then I remembered that that’s what my website is for.
Link to my installation of DotNetNuke:
douglasmcgregor.co.uk/DotNetNuke
Hope everyone has a good weekend!
About me
Bio: Currently living in the West End of Glasgow, I studied music for most of my life. Graduating with my music degree in 2005, I did a short course in Multimedia Communications in 2006, and continued to teach myself web design and programming. Success in 2007 saw me working as a web designer for Hilton Hotels, which was an amazing opportunity for both work and social activities. Doing work experience as a web developer in 2008 left me very unsure if I want to continue with that line of work. With the recent recession there are almost no suitable jobs around, so it's very hard. To that end, I've just decided to try and get any job I can, so I can get out and meet people. Interests include music, computing, politics and radio.
