Testing a New Website. (ASP / ASP.net)

[ThunderBlade]

I am very new to site development. Created a site that utilizes a database
(FP created the database); now I want to test it.

Everytime I try to run the preview it tells me that I need to publish to a
server that supports ASP or ASP.net

I don't want to send this test to an online site, but would like to do the
testing on my PC. Is there a way to do this??

 

[Chris Leeds, MVP - FrontPage]

sure,
you can test this if you have windows XP Pro by installing IIS and
publishing it there, then viewing with your browser like
http://localhost/myTestWeb
if it's just asp.net you can try Expression Web which has a nice asp.net
development server built in.
you may also want to look at the free Visual Web Developer Express (free)
and I believe that comes with it's own dev. server built in also.

HTH

You know, you can also put this in a folder/ sub web like /myTestWeb inside
the root of your "real" website and nobody will know it's there.

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[ThunderBlade]

Where do I get this IIS install? Where do I get the Visual Web Developer
Express software?

Thanks for the Help Chris.

 

[David Berry]

Go to Control Panel, Add/Remove Programs, Windows Components to install IIS.
Then when you go to Control Panel, Administrative you'll see it.

For Visual Web Developer go to
http://www.asp.net/downloads/essential.aspx?tabid=62

 

[ThunderBlade]

Thank you guys so much for the help and links. I downloaded the Web
Developer. Is there a site for help and discussion associated with the Web
Developer Software?

 

[David Berry]

www.asp.net has forums you can use