dnn 7.0 platform 500 internal server error

Question

im trying to install DNN platform on windows 8 via web platform installer but i keep getting the following error: this product did not download successfully. the remote server returned an error: (500) internal server error.

can anyone tell me what am i missing here?

Answer 1

I have had a few issues with Web platform installer trying to install Joomla CMS where it constantly fails midway. For DNN, I always do it manually which is not too hard. If you chose this option, find instructions here and even better instructions here if you want to to be able to access the db with Sql Server Management Studio for development purposes. Check out the system requirements here for different versions of DNN

Answer 2

I personally would recommend doing a manual installation of DNN. The web platform installer can have problems, and when it does, tracking them down is rather difficult.