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paulrobinson
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05 Sep 2008 9:35 AM  
Good Evening,
I was wondering whether anybody else has had the same issue as I am having now.  I have finished my website on the laptop and now wish to move to our dedicated server.  I changed the web.config and followed the tutorial - only difference is I am running SQL Server Express instead of SQL Server 2005 as the tutorial runs through.

The site loads fine on my remote server - but I cannot get into admin or host functions.  It appears to be recognising the username but not logging in .  The exact message returned is "Login Failed, remember that Passwords are case sensitive".  I am assuming it is a security setting as the database file should be exactly the same.

PLEASE HELP - AS I WOULD OBVIOUSLY LIKE TO ADMINISTER MY SITE REMOTELY.  I have checked the host and admin users on the localhost instance and it works fine.

Regards
Paul
leesykes
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05 Sep 2008 11:01 AM  
Can you login as any user? If not it is likely to be a setting in your web.config file.

Make sure you have transferred across the correct settings in the web.config file for:

Installation Date + Machine Keys, ie:

Within the < appSettings> You also need to add the installation date:

< add key="InstallationDate" value="6/30/2005" />
< /appSettings>
 
and you also need to copy across the validation key and description key within the
< machineKey tab

< machineKey
validationKey="20DAE7795171D2ACA41CC59A5FA162CEC17AK1B2"
decryptionKey="01CC59541FD47BF534F7G126B14F618CD4B8771D0A1EECLP"
decryption="3DES"
validation="SHA1"/>
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paulrobinson
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05 Sep 2008 8:29 PM  
Yes I can register a user and login as that user. It is just the admin and host users which are not working. Is there some other settings for these users perhaps - i.e. because I uploaded my dontnetnuke site from my local machine and changed the connection string to point at the database file on the server. Also I developed this on XP Service Pack 2 and the server is Windows Server 2003. It appears that the login process is picking up that it is a valid account as if I put in an non-valid user it brings back a different error message.
leesykes
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06 Sep 2008 4:18 AM  
you will be able to register as a new user if the machine keys are incorrect, but can you login as a user that you previously added on your local installation?

Have you checked that the MachineKeys and installation date are the same on your live installation web.config file with your local web.config file?
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paulrobinson
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06 Sep 2008 5:41 AM  
Lee,
Thanks for your help on this - there was actually a character dropped off the end of the machinekeys line
Your tutorials are great by the way - within a week I have a really good understanding of the product.
What is the best source for getting the best results from search engines such as google. I have entered keywords whereever there is a place to do so but I am sure there are other things which must be done also.
Regards
Paul
leesykes
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06 Sep 2008 6:12 AM  
Hello,

Great, glad to help, have you had a look here for some SEO articles and interviews
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paulrobinson
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06 Sep 2008 6:49 AM  
A couple of quick questions:

1. Can I format the login page to the same as my other Text/HTML modules - i.e. only display the container only when editing - their is a Display container option in this module which allows this.
2. Where is the setting which changes the icon displayed near the URL. At present it is displaying the default dotnetnuke icon.

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