Hi

Having worked right through the book, I have finally been able to put everything together for a website. However, I am having some problems deploying the site. This is what I have managed to do:

- Managed to create T SQL scripts to deploy the schema and data
- Managed to compile the site into a different local folder by using Build->Publish Web site. This created a compiled copy of the project/solution in the specified local folder. (i.e. with lots of Dlls in the bin folder)

Now I am trying to merge all the dlls into a single dll. I am doing this by opening the compiled project and adding a Web Deployment Project. Although I manage to add the deployment project, I can't build it - error "The application is already compiled". So where am I going wrong?

And once I manage to merge the dlls what comes next?

Also I am wondering if anyone has managed to use the hosting company

http://www.re-invent.com/webhosting.aspx. If so any comments on that?


Any help greatly appreciated.

SoloEng

You can use the aspnet_compiler from a VS 2005 command prompt to consolate the DLLs into one big one. But I personally recommend against deploying with only one DLL. That makes it terribly difficult for you to make any small changes at all. Most of us just deploy source files, and we only deploy DLLs for middle tier or backend objects where required (like for WebEvents).

I'm not sure how you make the SQL scripts, but it can be difficult to do it right. The problem is the image fields used in the aspnet tables. I posted a sticky message here about the SQL wizard for generating scripts and I hope you used that.

Eric

Thanks for the reply.

I used to the wizard and your guideliens to generate the scripts and it seemed to have worked.

Ok so now I have got a lot of individula dll files. I suppose I could ftp source file but the how do I do this. I have subscribed to a hosting company. The book seem to suggest freeware filezilla.

Any tips?

I use filezilla !

It's enough to upload files!

You only need to know the domain (probably "yourdomain.com") your username and password!

Good luck

Thanks. I have now used filezilla.

Hi SoloEng,

Have you use the hosting company http://www.re-invent.com/webhosting.aspx and its "supported authoring tools" such as Expression Web and Dreamweaver?

Happy Tommy

Happy Tommy

I looked into it and found that WebHost4Life turned out to be better value for money so in the end I did not use

http://www.re-invent.com/webhosting.aspx

But I will be most interested in any comments if you have used it or are planning to use it.

engsolo

i've used both of them and re-invent has much better uptime. Actually my site has never been down in close to a year. they also are willing to help you and respond quickly to questions. just my two cents.

I've been using re-invent for some time now without any problems.

I do have 2 concerns with them: (1) their website quotes a 2 week response time for database restoration (2) they do not support the System.Transactions namespace.

theBeerHouse uses the System.Transactions namespace in BLL/Order.cs.