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  LookitsPuck

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  Know how to publish, but how to update without publishing?

  Jan 11, 2007 04:12 PM|LINK

  <div>VS2K5</div> <div>Web Site</div> <div> </div> <div>So, I recently added a site via the Build>Publish Web Site mechanism. Now, how are updates pushed? Right now, I'd like to be able to just copy the .vb/.aspx file I updated, and let it do it's work, but that doesn't work.</div> <div> </div> <div>So, what I do now is just publish to our dev server, then take the compiled and .DLL files from BIN and push to live. There has to be a better way then this. Any ideas?</div> <div> </div> <div>Thanks,</div> <div>-Steve </div>
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  mathminded

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  Re: Know how to publish, but how to update without publishing?

  Jan 14, 2007 04:34 AM|LINK

  After I publish my site, I just FTP everything it created to the server and it works like a charm.
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  mbowles

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  Re: Know how to publish, but how to update without publishing?

  Jan 15, 2007 12:50 PM|LINK

  So you send over everything, cs/vb code-behind and all? 
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  mathminded

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  Re: Know how to publish, but how to update without publishing?

  Jan 15, 2007 01:45 PM|LINK

  When I publish it, I have it store the files in a different directory than where my code files are stored. In the publish directory, it just puts "marker" files for each of the pages, then it puts the compiled pages and dll's in a sub-directory called bin. The code-behind files will be incorporated into the compiled pages automatically. I don't know if this is the best way or not, but it works really well for me. I do as much testing as I can on my local IIS server, then when it looks like everything's good, I FTP it over to the production server. Granted my site isn't huge, so it doesn't take forever to do it this way.
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  mbowles

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  Re: Know how to publish, but how to update without publishing?

  Jan 16, 2007 12:56 PM|LINK

  ok, so similar to what others have said and what I "think" the web deployment project does.  You publish locally then use ftp to move bin files and apsx's over to QA/Production.  Cool, thanks
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  mathminded

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  Re: Know how to publish, but how to update without publishing?

  Jan 17, 2007 01:35 AM|LINK

  Yep, that sums it up. :-) Good luck with it! :-)
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