Hello,

Glad to hear you are up an running locally, have a look at this post: How to copy the content from a localhost install to a live hosted website
- that method uses the template method and there is a tutorial on using templates here as well:
DotNetNuke Portal Templates and the Site Wizard - this will probably be the simplest method for you to implement - potential problems are also discussed in the above post.

You may also want to check this post, but I don't know how compatible it will be with SQL server express
How to copy a live site to a localhost installation

Hope this helps, thanks,

Thanks Lee -
I am running DNN 4.5.1 on Godaddy.com shared hosting - so I don't have 'real' access to the SQL database -

I am also setting up many Parent Portals under this one Hosting Account -

Will building Portals locally then FTPing the whole DNN install up to my hosting account - ya know just really screw things up - or am I reading too much into it all...

I would love to simply build locally then copy up - but I feel it's got to be more involved than that - should the database also go up?

and by the way if I can just copy up - do I need to copy the whole site?

THANK FOR THE REPLY!!!

Hello,

If you transfer DotNetNuke using this method: How to copy a live site to a localhost installation
(but in reverse)

You need to transfer all of your DotNetNuke installation files and the SQL database. - But, you are using an SQL express database and your server is probably an SQL 2005 database so I'm  unsure if this is possible.

Your best bet will be to use the How to copy the content from a localhost install to a live hosted website method. - But this method has problems if you have a large site and it can also have problems with URLs. - ie. the tab IDs of your pages change when you use the template method.

I tend to use the localhost for testing skins and modules etc but for adding content I add it directly to the live website.  Remember, you can you use the security settings so that no users (Only admin) can view the new pages as you are adding them to the live website.

Thanks,

Lee:

In the line above:

"Your best bet will be to use the How to copy the content from a localhost install to a live hosted website method. - But this method has problems if you have a large site" . . .

What is the link supposed to go to?  Whenever I click on the "how to copy the content from a localhost install", it sends me to dnncreative.com's home page.

Thanks.

strange, I've just clicked on the link and it works, this is the URL:
http://www.dnncreative.com/Forum/ta...fault.aspx

Thanks,