I cannot pull up the Configuration Manager page to select form-based authentication. If Windows Authentication was selected when the website was created can it later be changed to form-based authentication? My site is being hosted in a shared environment - is the form-based authetication not routinely allowed in shared environments?

Thank you,

Hi there,

What do you mean with this: What is the Configuration Manager page?

You can set the authentication scheme in the web.config file. Simple change (or add), the authentication node under <system.web>, like this:

<authentication mode="Forms">
  <forms loginUrl="~/Login.aspx" />
</authentication>

Hope this helps,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004

Yes that helps, I was reading another (inferior book) that directed me to an icon that appears when using Visual Web Developer Express in a local environment. The icon does not appear when working in a shared hosted server environment, at least does not in my case.

I am going back to reread (completely) Beginning ASP 2.0.

Thank you

Right, maybe they were referring to the WebSite Administration Tool, accessible in VWD through the Website | ASP.NET Configuration option?

That does indeed work for local hosts only. However, this tool writes to your application's web.config file which you then upload to your provider. This tool can be handy for some configuration options that you can't remember how to add by hand; however, I find it quite limiting compared to the stuff you can do in the web.config file, so i hardly use it...

As an alternative, you can take a look at the ASPNET tab on your website in IIS, that writes to the config file as well. However, you probably can't access this tab for your site with your provider, so you're back to manually editing the config file.

Cheers,

Imar
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Imar Spaanjaars
Everyone is unique, except for me.
Author of ASP.NET 2.0 Instant Results and Beginning Dreamweaver MX / MX 2004