Create a new portal in dnn on localhost
I have a game with DotNetNuke 7 trying to get to grips with the basics. Installed it successfully on my local machine after an online tutorial which requires creating a website in IIS at www.dnndev.me. This works great, but I'm having a hard time creating the second one.
Tried every time I can search online or think and cannot view the new portal in my browser. Can someone please provide a clear step-by-step guide on how they create and view their additional portals.
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In DNN, you can create two different types of portals: parent and child.
Parent Portal is a portal that has either its own Binding (domain) in IIS (ex: dnndev.me) or a virtual directory / application in IIS (ex: dnndev.me/Portal2)
Child Portal in DotNetNuke does not require IIS changes, DNN basically creates a folder (ex: dnndev.me/Child) and redirects the user based on the portal alias.
To create a new parent portal in IIS, if you are running locally with IIS6 or higher, you need to add BINDING for the portal. Using the domain DNNDEV.ME that points to 127.0.0.1, you can create a new portal that uses a similar subdomain such as parent.dnndev.me. To do this, in IIS, add a binding for parent.dnndev.me, and then when creating the portal from the site / site management page, use parent.dnndev.me as the alias / url for the portal.
The key to the whole process is adding the binding in IIS.
If you want to create an app / virtual directory, add the app to IIS and point the app to the root of your DNN files (c: \ websites \ dnndev.me)
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