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Installing VivoSocial
Posted: Wed, Oct 13, 2010 12:50 PM :: Rank: 9
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VivoSocial can be downloaded from our Downloads page, or from CodePlex. This video covers the basics of installing VivoSocial on a Windows 2003 Server using IIS and SQL Server 2005.

Steps:

  1. Download VivoSocial.zip
  2. Using the .bak file in the App_Data folder, create a database and restore the database to your SQL Server.
  3. If you want to setup for a specific domain, other than localhost, you will need to run the Clean-VivoSocial.sql file after replacing "yourdomain.com" with your domain against the VivoSocial database.
  4. Unzip the VivoSocial.zip to a location on your webserver.
  5. Make sure Network Service has full permission on the folder.
  6. Setup a new worker processor in IIS
  7. Create a new website in IIS with.net 3.5 Framework installed and the site pointing to the VivoSocial folder.
  8. Change the connection strings in the web.config file to point ot the VivoSocial database on your SQL Server (2 places).
  9. In a web browser, go to http://localhost or http://yourdomain.com
  10. Login to the site using "host" for the username and "dnnhost" for the password. You will want to change the password immediately.

You should now have a social network ready to be customized.

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Posted: Tue, May 18, 2010 9:37 PM :: Rank: 0
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I'm using sqlexpress advanced services, when I try to restore the database I get:



System.Data.SqlClient.SqlError: Directory lookup for the file "D:\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL.1\MSSQL\Data\VivoSocial.mdf" failed with the operatin
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Posted: Wed, May 19, 2010 10:41 AM :: Rank: 0
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That error looks like you did not set the correct path for your SQL Server. In the video, this is mentioned and shows where you change it when restoring the video. Look at the video starting around the 2 minute mark.
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Posted: Sun, May 23, 2010 8:32 PM :: Rank: 0
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 I installed the application, but I can't login with "host" and "VS2009!" as the password. Has the password changed?

I downloaded from CodePlex.

Thanks.

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Posted: Thu, May 27, 2010 9:24 AM :: Rank: 0
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The password has not change. Compare the validation keys in the web.config with the one you downloaded.
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Posted: Fri, May 28, 2010 7:27 AM :: Rank: 0
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Dear All,



Is there any one can help me installing the VivoSocial.



I tried to download the lates full package, and installed, it started creating DotNEt Nuke setup and after installation it was running with VivoSocial Tabs, bu
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Posted: Fri, May 28, 2010 10:28 AM :: Rank: 0
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The instructions are right there in the top post, there is also a video there for download. If the modules are missing then something was missed or done wrong.
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Posted: Mon, Jun 07, 2010 5:02 AM :: Rank: 1
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I have completed the install, but I can't seem to login using Username Host and Password VS2009!. I cant however log in as Admin using the password VS2009!. I have checked the key's and all is good.



Is it normal to have a handful
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Posted: Mon, Jun 07, 2010 10:46 AM :: Rank: 0
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Please re-download the VivoSocial.zip. I made a change to the database file that should fix this for you.
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Posted: Wed, Jun 09, 2010 8:23 AM :: Rank: 0
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Please post the procedure when installing on IIS7.5 on windows server 2008 R2. I am using SQL server 2008 on a seperate server.



Followed all the instructions and then tried a variety of options but cannot get it to work.



When
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Posted: Wed, Jun 09, 2010 8:24 AM :: Rank: 0
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I downloaded and used the current vivosocial as of today 9 June
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Posted: Wed, Jun 09, 2010 10:40 AM :: Rank: 1
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That error usually means that something is wrong with the connection string -

<add name="SiteSqlServer" connectionString="localhost;Initial Catalog=VivoSocial;User ID=DNNUser;Password=xxx" providerNa

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Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2010 4:47 AM :: Rank: 0
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Yes, I see it is a connection issue, not sure why I had the details correct so now busy installing MS SQL on the localhost to make the connection simpler.
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Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2010 8:57 AM :: Rank: 0
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I have installed MS SQL 2008 on the web server to be local but I still get the following error:



Keyword not supported: 'localhost;initial catalog'.



any ideas?



Thanks

Mark
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Posted: Thu, Jun 10, 2010 9:15 AM :: Rank: 0
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Instead of using "localhost", add the name of the server or the IP address.
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Posted: Mon, Jun 14, 2010 8:23 PM :: Rank: 0
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Hi, new user checking out this product. I really do not want to install a fresh install of DNN. Is there anyway I can just install the modules form the download page one at a time? Is there any documentation to this effect?
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Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 5:08 PM :: Rank: 0
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XFernal, Im still confused. you are pointing me to a link that clearly says to only use vivosocial.zip as a clean install. I do not want to do this. I wan tto install the modules manually, like other DNN packages. Why should I have to wipe my cleanly work
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Posted: Tue, Jun 15, 2010 5:39 PM :: Rank: 1
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In that thread there is a link to the installing and upgrading guide, which states:

"If you are updating a current site, just download all of the individual modules and install them. WebControls needs to be installed manually(Host ? Module Defi
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Posted: Wed, Jun 16, 2010 8:34 PM :: Rank: 6
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Hi, I am attempting to manually install your modules. As described above I first uploaded and manually installed the web controls using Host ? Module Definitions.



This resulted in a several prompts from DNN asking me to confirm unauthorized
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Posted: Thu, Jun 17, 2010 1:14 AM :: Rank: 0
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Jonathan,

There is a big red bold message that says to not post error messages in here and to instead use http://support.vivoware.com.



As for your error, you need to read the WebControls Manual. It has your exact error message in t
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