Hi

I created a website using DNN 4.04 on  development server and it works fine in all aspects.

This website was then deployed to the hosting server and  when tested works fine using http://localhost/mysite on the hosting server.

The problem is that when I login  to the website from outside using the full URL http://XX.XX.XX.XX/mysite the website reverts to http://localhost/mysite.

I have created an alias in the portal called: XX.XX.XX.XX/mysite.

I need some help here.

Marius

Hey Marius. 

When you create your portal aliases, and add more than one, the site will always end up resolving to the topmost alias.  So when you move your site from your localhost, to a remote server (or want to access your site from a remote browser), you need to change the order of the portal aliases.

For instance, say you set up your portal aliases in your host settings as follows on your localhost:

http://localhost/mysite
http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/myvirtualdirectory
http://www.mysite.com

When you move this site to a remote server, before you move it, you should change the order of the aliases, to the following:

www.mysite.com
mysite.com
xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
localhost/mysite

That will solve the problem for ya.  You can also do this directly in the tables (that's what I do), by editing the portal_aliases table in DNN, using Enterprise Manager for 2000 (assuming SQL 2K).  For SQL2K5 you need to go into query manager.

Hope this helps.