Terry Apodaca » Web Development

DotNetNuke on Windows 7 & IIS 7.5

Terry Apodaca — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:37:10 +0000

There are tons of Forum and Community posts about all these Permission issues when installing the latest version of DotNetNuke, a ASP.Net based, Open Source CMS (Content Management System).

If you are running into this…this is what got me past the install, and past all the permissions issues.

Download and Install the latest version (I installed the Source version so I can modify things and/or build themes (Portals/Skins).
I would also recommend using this Installation Helper Application if you are not too technical, or you just want to make things a lot easier!
After everything is installed, you will run the website either in the browser or from your Visual Studio, either way you will have to run the InstallWizard…and step 2 is where the Permission issues will start.
Go to the web root folder you designated when you installed it, Right Click, Properties –> Security tab –> Edit –> Add (these ‘users’ to the list)
- IUSR
- NETWORK SERVICE
- IIS_IUSRS (yourmachinename\IIS_IUSRS)
- DefaultAppPool (you’ll have to find it by typing in “IIS AppPool\DefaultAppPool”)
Make sure you grant Full Control to the Application in the Web.config and if you want to even to the AppPool Identity
If you still get the “your site failed permissions check” error after all this, you will need to go to IIS Management Tool –> Your Website –> .Net Trust Levels and change the Trust Level to Full.

I hope this clears some things up. I spent two days trying to get a local installation and everything I tried was failing…until the last step above.

Please let me know if this works for you, or if you did something else to get past some of the Permission errors.

SilverSmith – Framework for a Framework

Terry Apodaca — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 21:13:25 +0000

This looks great! Fellow SilverStripe developer UncleCheese has put together a new framework that sites right on top of SilverStripe. You thought SilverStripe was a time saver when compared to all the other CMSs out there…now it can be even faster! His tagline for this is “Code Right. Type Less. Build Fast.” He’s Right! Check out his two screen casts so far:

An Introduction to SilverSmith: Part 1 (Getting Started) from aaron carlino on Vimeo.

An Introduction to SilverSmith: Part 2 (Building a Project) from aaron carlino on Vimeo.

An Introduction to SilverSmith: Part 3 (Navigation Fixtures) from aaron carlino on Vimeo.

An Introduction to SilverSmith: Part 4 (Advanced Features) from aaron carlino on Vimeo.

Silverstripe Manual

Terry Apodaca — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 21:53:54 +0000

Silverstripe Manual

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SilverStripe 3: Roadmap Preview

Terry Apodaca — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 22:58:08 +0000

SilverStripe 3: Roadmap Preview on Prezi

List of Open Source/PHP CMS

Terry Apodaca — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 01:21:50 +0000

I’ve seen a few recent blogs ask where are all the good PHP and/or Open Source CMSs? I’ve even seen a few touch the surface of this subject: The Great CMS Roundup, Judging Five Open Source CMS. EDIT: and Matt has pointed me to a nice site that might list just about all of them: http://php.opensourcecms.com/

I am not going to do a ‘Roundup’ because I am not going to review every single one of them. I am not going to even list features, nor am I going to show what each one supports. All I want to do is put together a nice LIST of all the PHP based CMSs out there…so please, if I missed one that you know of…leave a comment for me.

Here is your list, in no particular order other than by maybe popularity and my personal preference. It can be argued between Joomla, WordPress and Drupal about which is in the lead….but either way…here they are:

I will be adding to this, if/when someone suggests another one because I know there are hundreds of them out there. So keep this bookmarked!