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arthursc
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18 Jan 2006 7:29 AM  

Hi Lee,

Thanks for the help via direct email so far. This one is for gen public.

As you are aware I have a development site hosted @ dev.triumph-motorcycles.net. This needs to be moved from it's current development directory to the livespace directory.

I have the following modules installed over and above the basics;

Active Forums
Repository (dec build)
Feedback 3.1
Gallery.

I know that it's simply a case of pointing the domain name to the new dir, but what do I need to consider from within DNN?

Kind regards

Colin.
leesykes
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18 Jan 2006 2:39 PM  
Hi Colin,

Video Master eh!? ;-)

If your dotnetnuke installation is already on your server and all you need to do is set a different domain name for the installation, you need to :

Set the Portal Alias for your installation:

Log in as Admin or Host
Go to the Admin menu / Site Settings for your portal
Scroll to the bottom - Portal Aliases
Click Add New HTTP Alias
Type your domain name
DO NOT include the 'http://'
Click Update

Navigate to your domain name & check that it is working correctly, click on all of the pages, check the domain name etc.

Once you are sure it is working correctly, you can delete the old portal domain name that's in the portal alias list

Hope this helps,

thanks,
Lee Sykes
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arthursc
DNN Creative Magazine Subscriber

Posts:20
19 Jan 2006 1:50 AM  
What about moving the built folder to a new location i.e. from \\\\dev to \\\live??

The repository store the documents uploaded to a path of \\dev\respitory\documents\user how do I get around that?

Regards
arthursc
leesykes
DNN Creative Staff
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19 Jan 2006 3:09 AM  
Hello,

Ok, that makes it slightly more interesting...

[This was my first thought, but I think the second thought below will be more appropriate]

Ώ]
Do you have access to create another installation of DNN to a separate SQL database, or do you just have access to 1 SQL database where you have created your dev version  of your site?

If you can create a completely separate install of DNN - I would do that. - From the fresh installation you can copy across the settings from your dev version. - This way if any mistakes occur then you still have your dev version as a backup.

To copy across your settings you can export all of the data from all of your modules by creating a portal template. - I've outlined this process in this post: http://www.dnncreative.com/Forum/tabid/88/forumid/12/postid/47/view/topic/Default.aspx

Video 2 of this tutorial also demonstrates how to create a portal template

I don't know how this will affect the repository module. I've checked the module and it does have the export data function, so hopefully it should work correctly.

ΐ]

Ok, I gave this a bit more thought and decided to run an experiment with a localhost installation - I would encourage you to do the same to follow the process through so that you fully understand it.

Installed DNN to a localhost installation using the domain name: http://localhost/test

and this installation was stored in the 'test' folder

Added the repository module to a page, set it so that each user stores files in their own folder. - Added a doc.



I then added a portal alias of localhost/test2 (as outlined in the previous post)

and created a new folder called 'test 2'

I moved all of the files from the 'test' folder into the 'test 2' folder
and then created a new virtual website with a domain of http://localhost/test2 which points to the 'test 2' folder

Upon navigating to http://localhost/test2

DNN loads up with the new domain name and new location of files, everything appears to be working correctly.

But, of course the repository module links do not work.
To fix this, go to the Settings menu of the Repository Module

Scroll down to 'Folder for approved files'
D:\Web Design\DotNetNukeWebsiteTest\test\Portals\0\Repository

On these 3 folder URLs, change the URLs to point to the new folder location on your server, eg.
D:\Web Design\DotNetNukeWebsiteTest\test2\Portals\0\Repository

Click Update.

Everything should now be working correctly.

It's lucky that the repository constructs its URLs on the fly and takes the first portion of the URL from these settings, so you can specify any location you require.


I would test this for yourself first & make sure you create a backup of all of your files before attempting. - I have not tried this on a live website, but the localhost test  seems to work  ok.

Let me know how you get on,

Thanks,
Lee Sykes
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