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Re: Help Please Setting up a webserver

wi25 — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:28:06 GMT

Thanks for all the help. I did manage to sort things out in the end - despite the mind bending problems. It would be so much easier if it were straightforward with instructions and known issues - it would take all the guesswork and frustration away - but then again I would probably never sit at a computer again. I will take a good look at the resources - thanks. Hopefully I will be able to repay the favour someday.

Keith

Re: Help Please Setting up a webserver

jeff@zina.com — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 20:05:56 GMT

See www.iis.net for IIS help. Same login as here.

Jeff

Re: Help Please Setting up a webserver

Oran_in_AK — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 19:53:56 GMT

The confusion about IIS and .net2 vs. 3.5 is understandable. The .net assemblies have not changed since 2, but the scripts they use to support 3 and 3.5 have (you can really see this if you had an AJAX page in 2 and upgraded to 3 or 3.5). The correct ASP.net version for 2, 3 and 3.5 is 2 on the ASP.net tab - no you are not going crazy, this is just the way it is.

Typically to change the user authentication you would go to the Directory Security tab in IIS and Edit the "Anonymous access and authentication control". When you have that open, you put a check in 'Anonymous access', and a check in 'Allow IIS to control password'. then you need to make sure there are no checks in the Authenticated Access section. If you still run into problems you may need to navigate to the directory where the files are stored and change the security access to include the user name that is listed in the 'anonymous access' section with at the very least Read access.

Alternatively, you can right click on the ASP page directory in IIS and select 'All Tasks...' and then 'Permission Wizard' - I have had better luck doing it manually myself though.

A google search for "msdn2 tutorials iis 6 setup" yields some good reading that explain further.

Re: Help Please Setting up a webserver

liammcmullen — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:44:27 GMT

Selecting net2 is fine it works for dot net 3 and 3.5. any info on VS or VWD2005 are good for VWD2008 and there is a ton of videos on this site. Also Learvisualstudio.com is good if you can stretch to the subscription. Make sure you download the express version of sql server 2005 along with the toolkit. I found some great books on sitepoint for asp.net. most examples are in VB.net so learn this first it's fine till you get into the really detailed stuff.Keep at it, after a while it starts to come together.

Help Please Setting up a webserver

wi25 — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 22:06:01 GMT

Some help required

Asp.net newbie

Win 2003 Server SP2. IIS6.

Although new to aspnet I have quite a bit of experience with FP & FPSE and also with WAMP and LAMP.

The wonderful offer of the 2008 Studio tempted me back to an IIS server with the promise of making things easier. So far it has just proven difficult.

I am trying to develop using VWD 2008 and have downloaded the packages and installed (hopefully) in the correct locations. The IIS snap in has details for .net1 and .net2 but not for .net3.5 (although installed). There does not seem to be an aspnet_isapi.dll in the 3.5 directory. Question1. Should there be and should IIS6 have 3.5 available in the Default Site Asp Net dropdown list?

I had a server error when accessing remotely caused by windows authentication. I have commented out the line in the web.config file (it works now). What is the correct way of handling this problem?

Are there any tutorials for VWD 2008 (or will the 2005 ones suffice). How do I use .net3.5 (does IIS ever recognize it). I am obviously playing with workarounds – I would rather do things properly.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to a real newbie setup and get me going quickly.