Hi,

I am trying the build and test having a single install of mojoPortal sn MS SQL on my local machine and then build muiltiple sites off it.  I have read up on it and I took the Host Names approach.  BUT I am unable to get any of the child sites to work nor am I able to get the localhost site to work.  To get the root site to work I have to put in the following address into IE localhost\PJS_2 then it works.

I am running Windows 8 Pro with Media Center, MS SQL 2012 with management tools, mojoPortal 2.3.9.7, .NET 4.5.

I have tried to follow your instructions...

1. Fresh install of mojoPortal & SQL
2. Got root site working & connected to DB
3. went to Administration | Site List | Create new site
4. Created several new sites... (root - Phillip J Seaman / child - YachtLog Software / child - AnchorWatch / child - Mouse Pad)
5. Added Host Name Mapping name to each site (www.PhillipJSeaman.com / www.YachtLogSoftware.com  / www.AnchorWatch.com  / www.MousePad.org  )
6. Added 1 host Name for each site and saved each one.
7. repeated for each child site
8. Added the following lines to the hosts files...

            # 127.0.0.1       localhost

               127.0.0.1 www.PhillipJSeaman.com
               127.0.0.1 www.YachtLogSoftware.com
               127.0.0.1 www.AnchorWatch.com
               127.0.0.1 www.MousePad.org

If I type "localhost" into the address line of IE I get the "IIS7 Welcome" page

If I type in any of the addresses noted above I get an error...

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HTTP Error 403.14 - Forbidden
The Web server is configured to not list the contents of this directory.

Most likely causes:

A default document is not configured for the requested URL, and directory browsing is not enabled on the server.

Things you can try:

If you do not want to enable directory browsing, ensure that a default document is configured and that the file exists.
Enable directory browsing using IIS Manager.

Open IIS Manager.
In the Features view, double-click Directory Browsing.
On the Directory Browsing page, in the Actions pane, click Enable.

Verify that the configuration/system.webServer/directoryBrowse@enabled attribute is set to true in the site or application configuration file.

Detailed Error Information:

Module    DirectoryListingModule
Notification    ExecuteRequestHandler
Handler    StaticFile
Error Code    0x00000000

Requested URL    http://www.yachtlogsoftware.com:80/
Physical Path    C:\Users\Phill\Documents\My Web Sites
Logon Method    Anonymous
Logon User    Anonymous

More Information:

This error occurs when a document is not specified in the URL, no default document is specified for the Web site or application, and directory listing is not enabled for the Web site or application. This setting may be disabled on purpose to secure the contents of the server.

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I made sure I was in Admin mode whan I made the changes to the hosts file.
I watched the video.  But still get the error..

What the heck am I missing or doing wrong?

Phillip

Well I thought I had made some headway but I now see NOT!!!!

With the Physical Path of the Default Web Site pointing to the PJS_2 folder, which is an "application" I am now unable to access any of the Admin pages I get the following error...

Server Error in '/PJS_2' Application.

Configuration Error

Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: The configSource file 'mojoSiteMap.config' is also used in a parent, this is not allowed.

Source Error:

 

Line 730: --> Line 731: <globalization culture="auto:en-US" uiCulture="auto:en-US" requestEncoding="utf-8" responseEncoding="utf-8" fileEncoding="iso-8859-15" /> Line 732: <siteMap configSource="mojoSiteMap.config" /> Line 733: <webParts> Line 734: <personalization defaultProvider="mojoPersonalizationProvider">

Source File: C:\Users\Phill\Documents\My Web Sites\PJS_2\web.config    Line: 732

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:4.0.30319; ASP.NET Version:4.0.30319.18033           

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Now what do I do?

Phillip

Hi Phillip, this is quite easy really. Do you already have one mojoPortal site working? If so, simple add additional bindings for your other domains to the same website in IIS (if using IIS 7.x, click on the web site node in the IIS Manager, then click Bindings... in the upper right "Actions" panel).

You also need to ensure the A Name records for your domains are pointing at the correct web server (you say you previously had them pointing at separate servers). Use ping to verify that your domains or sub-domains are pointing at the correct i.p. address.

Once you've done this, you can create child sites in mojoPortal, and in the site settings for each child site go to the "Host Name Mapping" tab and add your host name.

Once you have done this, your site should appear in a browser.

If you want the sites to share logins, add this to user.config

 <!-- Allow all sites to share same users and roles see http://www.mojoportal.com/muliplesites.aspx -->
 <add key="UseRelatedSiteMode" value="true"/>
 <add key="RelatedSiteID" value="1"/>
 <add key="RelatedSiteModeHideRoleManagerInChildSites" value="true"/>

And if you want to be able to delete the child sites again, add this:

<add key="AllowDeletingChildSites" value="true" />

If running some or all sites under HTTPS, add keys like this:

<add key="Site2-SSLIsAvailable" value="true" />

Hope this helps

OK it sounds like you are running your main mojoPortal site as an "Application" below the default web site. You cannot set bindings for an application. See this help page explaining the difference. If correct, you need to add the bindings to the default web site.

I don't know why you would need to alter your hosts file at all - I've never had to do this for mojoPortal in a production web server environment - I should reset this to the default.

Incidentally, the anchorwatch and phillipjseaman domains do not currently resolve to the same web server, so you have some work to do at the DNS end before you are going to get any results.

Hosting for each of my sites here and a few more is currently on the GoDaddy servers, I have only single page sites up.

Hence this project and proposed method to consolidate them all under a single install of mp and MS SQL.