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Troy, 6/2/2008 7:50:45 PM

Has anyone had any luck getting Sitefinity to work on godaddy's windows hosting? If so, which version and was there anything special I need to know before trying it out? Thanks.

, 6/4/2008 10:27:25 AM

Hello Troy,

Thanks for your interest in our CMS and getting in touch with us.

You can run Sitefinity on GoDaddy shared hosting, provided that your site was created locally. You will need to upload the Sitefinity files and folders through FTP to the GoDaddy server and set up the application in the IIS console. We suggest zipping the files locally and unzipping them on the server, as uploading them all through FTP will take considerable time.

NOTE: The documents and image libraries do not work on GoDaddy's shared hosting at this time, due to security restrictions. We are researching how to overcome this limitation.

The database needs to be uploaded to GoDaddy's server through a Microsoft DB upload tool. You can get it from this link: Microsoft SQL Server Database Publishing Wizard 1.1

For more information on GoDaddy's SQL server connection:

log in your GoDaddy account
go to My Account
go to Hosting Account List
go to Manage Account's Control Panel
Expand the Databases tab and click on SQL server
If you do not have a database yet, create one and remember its credentials.
If you have a database set, click on the PENCIL button in the Action column
Click on the CONFIGURATION button.
You can find all the details there, including a link to the tool above.
Follow the instructions in the tool and with some trial and error you should be able to upload your SQL db to the site.

Hope this gets you started.

Best wishes,
Rebecca
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Troy, 6/4/2008 3:00:15 PM

Almost worked. Got through it all and received this, which Godaddy support says they can't adjust their trust level for. Thanks for the suggestion.

Security Exception

Description: The application attempted to perform an operation not allowed by the security policy. To grant this application the required permission please contact your system administrator or change the application's trust level in the configuration file.

Exception Details: System.Security.SecurityException: Request failed.

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:

[SecurityException: Request failed.]
   System.RuntimeTypeHandle._GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean loadTypeFromPartialName) +0
   System.RuntimeTypeHandle.GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +78
   System.RuntimeType.PrivateGetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +58
   System.Type.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) +64
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) +51
   System.Web.Configuration.ConfigUtil.GetType(String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement, XmlNode node, Boolean checkAptcaBit, Boolean ignoreCase) +38

, 6/6/2008 11:41:09 AM

Hello Troy,

Unfortunately this information is not enough to locate the reason for this error. Could please describe in details what you did and when and where do you get this error?

It is very important that you create the site locally and then navigate to each module individually in the admin area. This necessary in order to ensure that all data providers have been initialized and all data objects are created.

Sincerely yours,
Bob
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Steve, 7/23/2008 3:22:24 PM

I'm getting the same security related error message. It doesn't matter what filename.aspx is entered in the url, the same error is shown. This works great on a local server but not after copying/pasting scripting/publishing everything to godaddy. While sitefinity was physically located off program files directory, telerik and sitefinity 3.2community - I've only moved the sitefinity3.2community directory and added sitefinity3.2community / websites / [sitename] where [sitename] is set as an application root and anonymous access is selected as well. I was careful to open every module and create test content for basically everything to ensure everything was initialized... then I scripted the database and moved it to godaddy (over top of previous identical but possibly uninitialized datatables -before browsing modules). Maybe I should delete the database from godaddy and start that from the beginning?

, 7/30/2008 11:23:11 AM

Hello Steve,

Can you please verify that the script you run covers both the structure and the data?
That might be a possible cause of the problem.

Do let us know if that is the case, and you keep receiving the error below.

Best wishes,
Georgi
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Allen, 8/3/2008 3:02:22 AM

I am not using GoDaddy for hosting, but am trying to use NetworkSolutions. I created a project locally (but connected to a hosted database) and all runs well locally. Then, I uploaded all the files to the server. However, every time I try to access the website - on the server - I get this message:

Server Error in '/' Application.

Security Exception

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:

[SecurityException: Request failed.]
   System.RuntimeTypeHandle._GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark, Boolean loadTypeFromPartialName) +0
   System.RuntimeTypeHandle.GetTypeByName(String name, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +72
   System.RuntimeType.PrivateGetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase, Boolean reflectionOnly, StackCrawlMark& stackMark) +58
   System.Type.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) +64
   System.Web.Compilation.BuildManager.GetType(String typeName, Boolean throwOnError, Boolean ignoreCase) +51
   System.Web.Configuration.ConfigUtil.GetType(String typeName, String propertyName, ConfigurationElement configElement, XmlNode node, Boolean checkAptcaBit, Boolean ignoreCase) +38

Version Information: Microsoft .NET Framework Version:2.0.50727.42; ASP.NET Version:2.0.50727.210

While it is not the same error as the one listed in this thread, it is similar. Still, I don't know what to change to correct it. Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks

ID, 8/3/2008 2:15:16 PM

Hi Allen,

I think that you have to create an application pool for your domain using IIS.

Expand Applocation pools-> right click-> new->Application pool

Afterwords, place your domain under newly created application pool.

Web Sites-> Default Websites-> select your domain name-> right click on it-> Properties-> Application pool-> choose newly created application pool name

Then, add the code below to machine.config file. The file should be located under Root Drive Name:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727\CONFIG

<location path="yourdomain.com" allowOverride="true"> 
   <system.web> 
     <trust level="Full" originUrl=""/> 
   </system.web> 
</location> 

You should require administrative rights to the server. If you don't have access to the server you should contact your web hosting provider. Incorrect modification of machine.config will cause problems to the ASP.NET services.

Allen, 8/3/2008 5:36:09 PM

The application pool is set up. However, being that this is shared hosting, I would not have any way to alter the machine.config. I simply think that it may not be a possibility to use the product with shared hosting except for the listed providers.

ID, 8/4/2008 2:47:59 AM

Hi Allen,

In my opinion shared hosting is not a good solution, because there are a lot of restrictions and custom server changes are not allowed. I would rather suggest that you should try to manage dedicated server. This will save a lot of troubles with your applications. Most of the hosting plans are made for simple websites and there are bandwidth and disc space limitation that could cause further issues.

Troy, 8/13/2008 9:25:10 AM

Thanks for all the comments. While a dedicated server is fine for most commercial web endeavors that would use the Standard Edition, it is certainly out of the range of affordability for a small non-profit web site. I would like to see a Community Edition version that is shared hosting friendly. Any possibility that coming anytime soon?

-Troy

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