I'm very new to DotNetNuke, and having some major issues with the pages I'm working on.

I downloaded a database called DNN, and I think everything is set up properly, but I'm still having problems.

There's a table called "PortalAlias" in the database (which I'm opening using an SQL server), and in it there are three columns: PortalAliasID, PortalID and HTTPAlias. The first line has Alias 1, ID 0, and whatever I type into the HTTPAlias is the site that explorer directs to when I type in http://localhost/dnn (for example if I type in www.google.com in the table, and then in internet explorer type in http://localhost/dnn then it directs to google) . If I make HTTPAlias read "localhost\dnn" then I get the following error:

Server Error in '/Dnn' Application.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed

I can't figure out how to fix it, and anything else I put in the PortalAlias table simply gets a 'page not found' error. Please help!

What you are seeing is how it is designed to work.  If the appication cannot match the Url to one of the aliases then it will redirect to the first one.

To put in an alias you should not include the http:// part.  for http://localhost/dnn you should only put localhost/dnn in the alias.

Yeah I set up a Virtual Directory. Is it possible that the web.config file isn't set up properly?

This is the configuration and appsettings from it (I don't know if it's showing up properly but can't get the code to paste right)

Ok so the link does work, but when I try to go to http://localhost/dnn I get this error:

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

<pre>[UriFormatException: Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.] System.Uri.CreateThis(String uri, Boolean dontEscape, UriKind uriKind) +1647210 System.Uri.CreateUri(Uri baseUri, String relativeUri, Boolean dontEscape) +31 System.Uri..ctor(Uri baseUri, String relativeUri) +34 System.Web.HttpResponse.ConvertToFullyQualifiedRedirectUrlIfRequired(String url) +289 System.Web.HttpResponse.Redirect(String url, Boolean endResponse) +115 DotNetNuke.HttpModules.UrlRewriteModule.OnBeginRequest(Object s, EventArgs e) +5737 System.Web.SyncEventExecutionStep.System.Web.HttpApplication.IExecutionStep.Execute() +92 System.Web.HttpApplication.ExecuteStep(IExecutionStep step, Boolean&amp; completedSynchronously) +64</pre>

Server Error in '/Dnn' Application.

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Invalid URI: The hostname could not be parsed.

I'm just bumping this thread up because I keep getting the same error message. If I change things around I get different ones, but this is the most consistent and the one I keep coming back to when my code seems right.

Currently I have this lines in my code:

and

I tested the connection string in Visual Studio (SqlConnection conn = newSqlConnection(@"Data Source=.\SQLExpress;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=False; Database=Portal;") and it runs through properly, so I think the issue is somewhere else.

When I go to http://localhost/dnn I get the invalid URI message (which I posted in the previous reply in this thread) which I have no idea how to fix/get rid of.

Just to clarify, my Virtual Directory is called DNN, my Database is now called Portal.