Is it possible to specify (perhaps within web.config) that the root folder for a website should be some website subfolder?

I am using my own personal web domain to test a site that I'm building for a client. Rather than upload the site to my root folder, which happens to be:

  /web

I want to create a folder called:

  /web/testing

and ftp the site to that "testing" subfolder.

Problem is that all references to the site (i.e. ~/misc/about.aspx) break because it searches for something in the root "/web" folder rather than in what I want to be the root "/web/testing" folder.

Is there a simple way to make this work without having to alter all my links to something like:

  ~/testing/misc/about.aspx

etc...

Cheers.

- Roger Nedel

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Cheers.

- Roger Nedel

Yes, there is, but you probably can't fix that your self.

Syntax like:

~/misc/about.aspx

refers to the Application's root, not to the server's root.

So, when the application is /, then it refers to
/misc/about.aspx

But when the application is /Testing, then it's referring to:

/Testing/misc/about.aspx

To change your folder into an application, open its properties in IIS and click the Create button. With an ISP / host you'll need them to do this for you.

Alternatively, instead of going one level deeper, you can create a folder besides your current one. So, use /Testing instead /web.

Imar



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

Imar,

Thank you. I'll have to take it up with my hosting company then.

Cheers.

- Roger Nedel