How to install DotNetNuke 4.5 Source Code to Windows XP Professional

By Lee Sykes

May 2007

In this video tutorial we demonstrate how to install the DotNetNuke v4.5.1 source code using Windows XP Professional. Installing the source code version of DotNetNuke allows you to make changes to the core code of DotNetNuke.

We assume that you’re a relatively experienced DotNetNuke user and that you already understand the various programmes needed and how to install DotNetNuke without the source code.

If this is your first time installing DotNetNuke, we suggest you view one of the other installation video tutorials first:

How to install DotNetNuke v4.5 to Windows XP Professional (Using IIS)
How to install DotNetNuke to Windows XP Home (Using VWD)

For this tutorial you will need to install:

Internet Information Services (IIS)
ASP.NET 2.0 Framework
SQL Server 2005 or SQL Server Express 2005
Visual Studio 2005
Windows Updates

Note: The source code version of DotNetNuke will not work with Visual Web Developer Express 2005

Video 1

Introduction, software needed
Download source code, extracting zip
Organising folders
How to create the virtual directory for the DotNetNuke installation
How to specify the localhost URL
How to check the properties of the virtual directory

Time Length: 7min 12secs

Video 2

How to edit the DotNetNuke solution file
Specifying the localhost URL
Creating the web.config file
Opening the DotNetNuke solution file in visual studio 2005
How to open the output window
How to build the solution
How to set the correct security permissions on the DotNetNuke installation files
How to disable ‘use simple file sharing’
How to initiate the installation of DotNetNuke
Using the Installation wizard
How to check the file permissions
How to check the database connection
How to configure the host user
How to configure the portal administrator
Viewing the completed installation