My IT Experiences

So I was trying to install DNn 4.9.4 on our test server on the port 8032. Idea was that I would install it and another guy from our team would work on the skins. Well, installation is supposed to be simple, but I din't know what was in store for me untill I tried! Ok I started by creating a database and I copied the files from install zip file. Then I created the new website in ISS on port 8032. I changed connection string values in the web.config and the site installed properly. Now I was happy, this was my first DNN installation, wow that felt nice :) Now I clicked on the "Click here to access your portal" link and duh, nothing. It initially gave me Page not available error, then I refreshed the page a couple of times and it gave me 403 error. It was almost 9 in the night and I was feeling hungry here. Ok I checked most of the articles that was available out here and did all what the experts suggested, but to no avail. I found that in the PortalAlias table, it inserted