I have installed 1.8 on my dev environment no problems but having problems getting this running on my hosted account.
I have ended up setting up the DB manually and changing the connectionStrings.config file to contain the following
<connectionStrings>
<add name="NopSqlConnection" connectionString="Data Source=sql2k802.discountasp.net;Initial Catalog=DBNAME;User
ID=DBUSERID;Password=DBUSERPW;Integrated Security=FALSE;Persist Security Info=False;Connect Timeout=120" />
</connectionStrings>
with no joy and an error showing that there is a localserver config in machine.config
Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.
Parser Error Message: The connection name 'LocalSqlServer' was not found in the applications configuration or the connection string is empty.
Source Error:
Line 281: <providers>
Line 282: <add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" applicationName="/"
Line 283: type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
Line 284: <add name="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" applicationName="/"
Line 285: type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" />
Source File: C:\Windows\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v4.0.30319\Config\machine.config Line: 283
Any body got this working on discountasp or give me some pointers
even with a fresh install i cant seem to get the shop/install/install.aspx to run to setup teh DB and config string.
I might try 1.9 in a few minutes and see if that helps.