I'm having some difficulty setting up the CLASSIFIEDS starter kit. First, I installed it on my local file system and it fired right up with no problem. It took about 5 minutes. Then I copied it to the DiscountASP.net server. That was easy enough using FTP. However, Frontpages Extensions are not supported so I have to use FTP which is extremely slow and it doesn't seem to showall of the files. Then, the Website Administration Tool can only be accessed for local site, not remote websites. So, I have to configure the 'web.config' file by hand and, truthfully, I'm fairly clueless. I've set up the database but I don't know how to set up the connection string or the myriad other configuration requirements. Is there any tutorial or guide to setting up the web.config that I can use? This is supposed to be simple.
Hi, I can probably step you through which ever parts you need. What are you using to code and FTP? VS? VWD? 2005/2008? Lemme know what you need and I'll give it my best shot. Salute, Mark
Thank you for any help you can give me. I'm using VWD2008Express with an FTP connection (Frontpage extensions not supported). I have already created a database. I connected the CLASSIFIEDSDB.mdf to it. I set up the Classifieds website on a local file system and I have run it. I copied all of the files from my local folder to the remote server including the web.config file. I believe the next step is to revise the database connection string in the web.config file to connect to the sql database on the server.
Hi, You don't need Front Page Extensions, believe me for the most part they're just a nightmare anyway. You added a SQL Server to your account? Andthen you used the Attach DBfeature? I'm trying to understand what point your at right now but I do want to help. Salute, Mark
For other forum members, it would be pretty cool to end up with a step-by-step procedure to setting up a starter kit. Here's what I've done so far: 1) Signed up for webhosting with discountASP.net. I selected Windows 2008 hosting. ($10/mo - good deal) 2) Signed up for the MS SQL 2005 add on. (another $10/mo - good deal) 3) Downloaded and installed MS Visual Web Developer 2008 Express (free - very cool) 4) Downloaded the 'Classifieds' start kit (free - very cool) 5) Opened up the starter kit in a local directory - it worked right off without a hitch - I've started modifying it to suit my needs. 6) I attached the file "CLASSIFIEDS.mdf" to the MS SQL database - as I understand it this replaced the original database with the classifieds database. 7) I uploaded the classifieds website to the webhosting server using VWD20008Express. I used the 'copy website' feature of VWD2008 Expr. Strange things happened. The solution explorer window in VWD was not reliable. Some files did not appear there but they were actually there. The solution explorer was not reliable for me. 8) I turned to afree FTP client called FileZilla and I transferred all website files to the web server, including the 'web.config' file. This worked great. 9) I tried to browse the website but I got many errors due to database connectivity. I figured out that the web.config file needs to be edited to make connectivity to the MS SQL database. When the website is operated on my local computer, the web.config file connects to the database in CLASSIFIEDS.mdf. That changes on the remote server. 10) I tried to edit the web.config file using the Website Administration Tool (WSAT) in VWD2008Exp. This works on the local version of the website. However, the WSAT does not work across the internetto the remote server. The only alternative that I'm aware of at this point is to hand edit the web.config file. I really just don't know how to do that. I'm sure it's not too complicated, I just don't know the syntax or how many different things I may need to tweak. First thing, I'm fairly certain, is to edit the connection string. Again, I don't know the syntax.
