I am trying to get DNN to run on my system in localhost, but can't figure out why it's not runing.
I followed the steps from
http://www.goosedesigns.com/Default.aspx?PageContentMode=1&tabid=69

When I load DNN, do I go to the "http://localhost/DesktopDefault.aspx" file?
I tried but it's giving me a scripting error:
Line: 6
Char 9
Error: Expected ';'
Code: 0
URL: http://localhost/DesktopDefault.aspx

URL: http://localhost/Dotnetnuke/Default.aspx

If you're running DNN on localhost, you first need to create a virtual directory in IIS called "DotNetNuke" that points to the folder where your DNN files are. Then, you go to http://localhost/DotNetNuke and it will automatically redirect you to the default page.

I hope this helps. :)

I have set up a virtual directory in IIS called "DotNetNuke" that points to the folder where my DNN files are. I set up the permissions on the folder also. When I go to http://localhost/DotNetNuke I get a HTTP Error 403 - Forbidden page.
I modified the web.config file to go to the database also..

I have gotten further now. when I go to the http://localhost/DotNetNuke page it doesn't redirect me. All that is displayed is the page with <%= Title %> in the titlebar and a blank page?

You also should make sure that the DotNet Frame Work is properly configured on IIS on your machine. Sometimes not all the .NET extensions are registered. For example, make sure .aspx is listed as an extenstion on your default web site.

You can use a utility called aspnet_regiis -r to map all the neccessary .NET Framework extensions in IIS. The path to this utility is C:\Windows\microsoft.net\Framework\v1.1.4322

Thanks,

Don't know if this will ever help anyone, but I did all the things mentioned above and still got a blank page and just <% Title %> in the browser.

(I had installed IIS after the Framework was already installed.) Don't know why this worked, but I ran the "Adjust .Net Security" wizard and loosened up the "Local Intranet" settings and it worked.

Hope this helps.