I downloaded the basic install of DotNetNuke to see what it was like in .Net Framework 2.0.

I had to fiddle a bit and the documentation is only for the previous version.

A few things were a problem:

1. 1. I needed to copy the SiteUrls.config file from the /config/ directory to the root.
2. I need to rename release.config to web.config
3. I needed to edit the web.config to use SQL Server 2000
   - I had to adjust the connection string.
   - I had to adjust the authentication method.
4. I had to create a new blank database with the name DotNetNuke and add the users to it.
5. I gave Full Permission to the user of the IIS app to all folders in the app.

Then I hit the root default.aspx and it ran fine after fixing those things. It did prompt me with various errors along the way which were answered in the forums. It actually automatically built my database tables etc. and showed progress as it did it which is impressive.

I now get the system up and running, but all the modules come up with errors “Error: Welcome To My Website... is currently unavailable.”...further investigation will follow.

I couldn't find out what the password was in any getting started manual, but found a Users table with 'host' and 'admin'. I tried admin first but noticed host was a superUser and tried 'host' and 'password' as password and still won't log in! I just found the DotNetNuke.install.config in the Install folder and noticed there's some Xml there which is used to set it up...and it is 'host' and 'host'.

It jumps to the homepage but I still get all those errors and no other options...

Thank god for Forums...found this thread http://forums.asp.net/1111767/ShowPost.aspx. There are two places for the connection string...changed that and it's now working!

Okay...so I'm logged in now and there are no errors but don't appear to be any links to a admin console or anything!