Membership web.config problem

I am trying to get a Membership Login to work. I have gotten a lot of support from DISCOUNT.ASP but they can not help any more. I have a problem with the connection strings in the web.config file. I entered the necessary info according to instructions from DISCOUNT.ASP. The instructions were:

<connectionStrings>
<remove name="LocalSqlServer" />
<add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=DBServerName;Integrated Security=false;Initial Catalog=DBName;User ID=DBLogin;Password=DBPassword" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
</connectionStrings>

This is the connection strings I created.

<connectionStrings>
<remove name="LocalSqlServer" />
<add name="LocalSqlServer" connectionString="Data Source=sql2k506.discount.net;
Integrated Security=false;Initial
Catalog=SQL2005_xxxx_xxx;
User ID=SQL2005_xxx_xx_user;Password=xxxxx"
providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<connectionStrings/>

I now get the following error message:

Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: The 'connectionStrings' start tag on line 17 does not match the end tag of 'configuration'. Line 104, position 123.

Source Error:

Line 102: <dependentAssembly>
Line 103: <assemblyIdentity
name="System.Web.Extensions.Design" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35"/>

Line 104: <bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-1.1.0.0"
newVersion="3.5.0.0"/></dependentAssembly></assemblyBinding></runtime>
</configuration>

Source File: D:\Brigade ASP Test\web.config Line: 104
I can send the entire Web.config file if necessary.

I expect that there is something wrong with the connection strings. I tried to create it the best that I could.
Your assistance is greatly needed. I think that I am almost there.