Hi ican you help me?

my site is a modified starter kit club site and would like to host it on godaddy, i followed the walktrough to number 26 but when i fisit my site public i get these errors

http://www.thewoodfloorstore.me.uk/roc

does i make a differance that it is in a subfolder other than in the root folder?

i know also it was ok to get a server error when preview on local after updating the web config file but is this correct.

Parser Error Message: The configuration section cannot contain a CDATA or text element.

Source Error:  

Line 58:          database=DB_12345;
Line 59:          uid=myusername;
Line 60:          pwd=mypassword"/>
Line 61: Change <customErrors mode="Off" /> (optional)
Line 62:   </connectionStrings>

Hi can you help me?

my site is a modified starter kit club site and would like to host it on godaddy, i followed the walktrough to number 26 but when i fisit my site public i get these errors

http://www.thewoodfloorstore.me.uk/roc

does i make a differance that it is in a subfolder other than in the root folder?

i know also it was ok to get a server error when preview on local after updating the web config file but is this correct.

Parser Error Message: The configuration section cannot contain a CDATA or text element.

Source Error:  

Line 58:          database=DB_12345;
Line 59:          uid=myusername;
Line 60:          pwd=mypassword"/>
Line 61: Change <customErrors mode="Off" /> (optional)
Line 62:   </connectionStrings>

This all looks very comprehensive and understandable.  I only have one issue and that is at the very beginning line 1. says create site locally and include at least 1 admin account. 

and then step 2 says run site using cnt+fr5.  The site is already created and can be edited by visual studio.  How do I include "at least 1 admin acount?

There's so many things in a web.config file, that you change from time to time, you may want to separate your connection strings into a separate file for test and production.

I use the following in my web.config file in the root directory:

<connectionStrings configSource="ChristDB.config" /> 

Then I add another file, called ChristDB.config that looks like this

<clear />

<!-- The above line is the string for your test system if SQL 2005 or your production system on goDaddy. -->

</connectionStrings>

 That way, if I make other changes to the web.config file, it can be uploaded without overwriting the connection string information.

 If you get the following error message:

Mailbox name not allowed. The server response was: Sorry, that domain isn't in my list of allowed rcpthosts.

This article should help you solve the problem with Godaddy.
http://www.sitesbuilders.com/Articles/Godaddy-Smtp.aspx

Good Luck

If you are storing photos outside the database using the Club Site Extensions Kit into a folder called Photos, do you need to set any special permissions from the GoDaddy side?

Thanks,
Johnson

johnson1234:

If you are storing photos outside the database using the Club Site Extensions Kit into a folder called Photos, do you need to set any special permissions from the GoDaddy side?

Thanks,
Johnson

You need to create the folder using GoDaddy's Hosting Control Center (under Content -> Directory Management) and select Read and Write permissions.

Hi Typhoid,

Thanks for the quick reply.  I will set the Read and Write permissions on the folder.

Johnson

Thanks BoosterMan, I just waisted a whole weekend trying to get my site up and all I can get is my Error.htm page to show. I did not change the starter kit much just esthetics. I will try again first thing tomorrow with your step by step.

I can't beleive Godaddy support told me that my site was bombing because they don't support .aspx pages!...only asp, htm.

A really stupid question: does it matter what you call the database you create on GoDaddy, ie does it need to be called Club.mdf like the starter kit? and if so, how/where do I need to update references to the database name?

HI Shane

what does this proxyaddress="http://wc-v01.inet.mesa1.gdg:3128"  stand for? My host server name at Godaddy?

Thanks.

mm17498:

I can't beleive Godaddy support told me that my site was bombing because they don't support .aspx pages!...only asp, htm.

A really stupid question: does it matter what you call the database you create on GoDaddy, ie does it need to be called Club.mdf like the starter kit? and if so, how/where do I need to update references to the database name?

I can't believe they told you that either

No, the database does not need to be called club.mdf. Call it something else and change the connection string details in your web.config file to point at the different database name (and server, user id, password etc).

I found out the hard way Godaddy support does not get at all involved in anything beyond selling you the service and getting you logged in, can't really blame them though... Thank God for all the help you all are providing. My site is up but not working when I click on Membership. I was using your step by step instructions and I am adding some hints and notes for those of us that need things very explicit (deuh!). (I will share with everyone once I am done. )

For example: On line 9 "Click on Computer icon under Actions> record the SQL connection (.NET) stings"...I could not find a computer icon, was this on my Hosting account page or on V.W.D.?

Also on line 26 "Go to your Website and create an account for each admin you created..." I am unable to loggin on the published website with the admin account I created internally. Did I miss a step to upload  the Admin account I created locally?

I promise to re read instruction lines from 26-30 I am sure it is all there...

Can't thank you enough for getting me so far!

I re read the steps and still cannot login to the public website.

Any help re the following 2 steps:

On line 9 "Click on Computer icon under Actions> record the SQL connection (.NET) stings"...I could not find a computer icon, was this on my Hosting account page or on V.W.D.?

Also on line 26 "Go to your Website and create an account for each admin you created..." I am unable to loggin on the published website with the admin account I created internally. Did I miss a step to upload  the Admin account I created locally?

Thanks

On your step 9, I think GoDaddy updated its control panel a little.  Log in to your GoDaddy account, select My Hosting Account, then DataBases / SQL Server to list your database(s).  That's where the pencil Icon is on the right side of the page.  Once you select this, there are several icons across the top of the panel like backup, restore, description, password, CONFIGURATION, dsn and asp schema.  This is where you get the connection string you need for your web.config file.

If, instead of selecting the pencil icon for your database, you select the link (Open Manager), you will be able to connect to your database (presuming you've remembered your login and password).

You then navigate down the connection to your database and then to the tables in your database.  The second table is aspnet_Membership.  You can open it by selecting the third icon from the right site of the page.  Select the pencil Icon for the record you want to change - hopefully it is the only one in the table.  A form is displayed for you to change.  Make sure the IsApproved box is checked (I wouldn't change any other field).

By using the connection string you should be able to log on as administrator. 

Good Luck

Certain portions of the web.config must be in the root folder of a website.  This includes the configuration string as well as the membership, roles and pages tags.  You can have other web.config files in subfolders, but not with all the tags.

If you want the same membership provider across all your sub-folders that require credentials, it will work with those tags in the root folder.

Good luck