Just read your configuring dotnetnuke article again. I've been working on an internal site and had a previous problem so cleared the site and database and did a fresh installation of dotnetnuke to a live server. Please tell me were I went wrong. Here's what I did.

I downloaded lastest dotnenuke 4.3.4 install. I unzipped it on my computer then uploaded all the files to the new site. - first mistake?

I edited the dotnetnuke.install.config file as per your configuring tutorial and uploaded the file to the install file. The only difference is you call it dotnetnuke.install.resources.

I edited the config file for sql connections.

I get a Server Error in "/" application.

Runtime Error

Description: An application error occurred on the server. The current custom error settings for this application prevent the details of the application error from being viewed remotely (for security reasons). It could, however, be viewed by browsers running on the local server machine.

Details: To enable the details of this specific error message to be viewable on remote machines, please create a <customErrors> tag within a "web.config" configuration file located in the root directory of the current web application. This <customErrors> tag should then have its "mode" attribute set to "Off".

<!-- Web.Config Configuration File -->

<configuration>
    <system.web>
        <customErrors mode="Off"/>
    </system.web>
</configuration>

And have the customErrors mode="Off" in the config file.

I've been searching all day and it looks like an IIS issue and have set all the correct permissions but no chance of the site loading.

Did I go drastically wrong somewhere I don't know where else to check for errors.

Again thanks for your help!

Thanks Lee for all your help!!!

I had checked my config file and the only lines that were different were the machine settings and path/login to database. I was going to give up and write my pages using PHP. But then I spoke to one of our programmers. He wrote a script for me to deploy my internal site to the live server. All that dotnetnuke tells you not to do. It works!!!!

Now to just finalize I'm trying to get a specific page to appear when users login. Is that possible?

just a note I don't know if it's just me but dotnetnuke.com gives me an access denied script when I login. - Still have scary dotnetnuke dreams at night! ;o)

Again Lee, your training videos have been enlightening. For someone to learn dotnetnuke without them must have either left dotnetnuke alone or are still fighting a battle alone.