Configuring DotNetNuke installation on GoDaddy shared hosting to properly map DNS to secondary parent portal

Question

I have a GoDaddy shared hosting account where I've installed DotNetNuke. I'm trying to configure a secondary parent portal so that when users browse to my second domain, they see the new portal.

Here is my current setup:

• Main DNN portal: http://MyFirstDomain.com/dnn
• Domain mapped to: \dnn\Portals\1 (through GoDaddy Hosting Control Panel --> Domain Management)
• Secondary portal definition in DotNetNuke: parent portal, alias = http://MySecondDomain.com

That all looks good, but when I browse to http://MySecondDomain.com, I'm shown the generic GoDaddy 404 page.

What am I doing wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

Assuming you are not using the web site builder they call WebSite Tonight,

You will want to first check aliasing the 2nd domain on the account the 1st domain is setup with, then be sure domain #2 is pointed to the correct:

a). find the IP address the hosting service is assigned to and point domain #2 to the IP address and/OR b). Nameserver settings with whoever you have domain #2 registered with. You will be able to find nameserver data here.

a). The IP address setting may need to be may or may not need to be corrected on:

1]. The @ 'A' Record.

2]. If you do not want domain #2's @ 'A' Record to point to the IP address, then you may need to move on to 3.

3]. Make a new 'A' record and/or CNAME record.

If you do not understand #3, and both domain names are registered with Go Daddy, you may want to peruse through their knowledge base to find out how to access and work with the DNS file to suit your particular needs.

You can check domain #2's nameserver and IP address mapping with doing a WHOIS, a DNS or reverse IP lookup with sites similar to who.is.

Answer 2

I solved my issue some time ago, but forgot to update this question. Sorry...

Here's how I set the portals up:

1. I installed my main portal at http://DomainOne.com/p.
2. I created a second portal, with the following details:
   • Type: parent
   • Portal alias: http://DomainTwo.com/p
3. Under "Domain Management" in the GoDaddy hosting control panel, I have to following set up:
   • http://DomainOne.com mapped to \ (after all, DNN is not the only thing on that site)
   • http://DomainTwo.com mapped to \p

All the URLs have /p in them, but other than that, works like a charm!