Newest KB Articles in Visual Studio 2010

How do I deploy a Visual Studio 2010 Web Application Project to a DiscountASP.NET Server using Web Deploy?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:11:29 GMT

The following instructions apply only to Web Application Projects. For Web Site Projects, please see this Knowledge Base article.

Web Deploy is a new method to publish your web application.

Note:

Web Deploy is only available for web sites hosted on Windows 2008 servers.
In order to use the web deploy method with Visual Studio 2010 you must activate IIS Manager permissions in Control Panel if you have not already done so. For details on activating IIS Manager permissions, please see this Knowledge Base article.

To publish your web application using Web Deploy:

Open the project in Visual Studio 2010.
Click Build -> Publish. This will bring up the "Publish Web" dialog box.
Change the "Publish Method" to Web Deploy.
In the "Service URL" field, enter: "https://[webserver].discountasp.net:8172/MsDeploy.axd ([webserver] is the actual server name, for example; web701).
In the "Site/application" field, enter: "[domainName]/[subdirectory], e.g.; yourhosteddomain.com/app1. Replace [subdirectory] with the directory you wish to publish the application to.
Check Mark as IIS application on destination. (There is no need to do this if you are deploying to the Root)
Check Allow untrusted certificate.
In the username field, enter your Control Panel login user name (not to be confused with FTP login).
In the password field, enter your password.
Click Publish.

How do I deploy a Visual Studio 2010 Web Application Project to a DiscountASP.NET Server using FTP?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 21:00:03 GMT

The following instructions apply only to Web Application Projects. For Web Site Projects, please see this Knowledge Base article.

To publish your web application using FTP:

Open the project in Visual Studio 2010.
Click Build -> Publish. This will bring up the "Publish Web" dialog box.
Change the "Publish Method" to FTP.
In the target location field, enter: ftp://[domainName]/[subdirectory], e.g.; ftp://yourhosteddomain.com/app1. Replace [subdirectory] with the directory you wish to publish the application to.
In username field, enter the FTP user name found in Control Panel.
In the password field, enter the FTP password.
Click Publish.

How do I deploy a Visual Studio 2010 Web Site Project to a DiscountASP.NET Server using Publish Web Site feature?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:38:49 GMT

The following instructions apply only to Web Site Projects. For Web Application Projects, please see this Knowledge Base article.

To publish your web site using the Publish Web Site feature:

Open the project in Visual Studio 2010.
Click Build -> Publish. This will bring up the "Publish Web Site" dialog box.
Expand the Target Location text box by clicking the … icon.
In the expanded dialog box:
- In the Server field, enter your domain name, e.g.; yourhosteddomain.com
- In the port field, enter: 21
- In the directory field, enter the directory you wish to publish the application to.
- In the Username field, enter the FTP user name.
- In the password field, enter the FTP password.
Click Open.
Click OK again.
If prompted, re-enter the FTP password.

How do I deploy a Visual Studio 2010 Web Site Project to a DiscountASP.NET Server using the Copy web site feature?

Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:19:11 GMT

The following instructions apply only to Web Site Projects. For Web Application projects, please see this Knowledge Base article.

To publish your web site using the Copy Web Site feature:

Open the web project to be deployed in Visual Studio 2010.
Go to Web Site -> Copy Web Site. The Copy Web tab will show the Source Web site and the Remote Web site.
Click the "Connect" button. The "Open Web Site" window will pop up.
Select FTP Site.
Enter the following values:
- Server: www.YourHostedDomainName.com
- Port: 21
- Directory: [name of the remote directory to copy to; leave blank for the root]
- Passive Mode: checked*
- Anonymous Login: unchecked, and enter your login information.
  * Note that passive mode may not be compatible with some home network routers or modems. If you have difficulty connecting, try switching passive mode off.
Click "Open."
Select the files you want to copy from the Source Web site list.
Use the arrow buttons in the middle to copy the selected files from source to remote web site.
Log into Control Panel and enable the directory as a web application root using the Web Application tool.