Hi Imar...

After completing working out this book, i have created a website which i have to host now...

The website has got databases, global.asax, videos, pictures and text files...

I have got domain name and all...

How should i proceed to host my site on net economically...
Plz give me a general idea...

Thanking you in advance...

You need to find a window server with .NET framework 3.5 (if you following the book) to host your website with backend MS SQL server (assuming you are using MS SQL server). You can still host your website with .NET Framework 2.0, however some features might not working properly, forexample you can not use LINQ to connect to your database and AJAX won't work on 2.0 as well.

You can host it yourself, but my personal opinion, if you just have 1 site, find some else to host it for you, save yourself some headache to keep the server updated witl all the security measures:)

Hi varunbwj,

In addition to what melania said, you may also want to take a look here:

http://www.asp.net/(S(sf10gzjodvrpce...ial-01-cs.aspx


Cheers,

Imar

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I use this company to host websites that require .NET technologies , they have good 24hour support and an uptime guarantee.

This isn't intended as advertising so message me privately if you want some more information regarding this.

Thanks a lot Melania, Imar and Will....

I ll study all the info and links you have sent me....
Thanks a lot for helping me out...

Thanks again....

I have taken the final step for this book and uploaded my site to a virtual directory with my hosting company.

The problem is that my url displays the virtual directory folder name.
example:
www.mywebdesigncompany.com/foldername/default.aspx

When I place my site in the root hosting folder it displays fine.
example:
www.mywebdesigncompany.com/default.aspx

The hosting company believes that I have scripted my site to show the folder name.
My question, is it possible that I have somehow included code to do that or have I possibly used improper paths for the root?

Thanks,
tompatamcat

Hi there,

I am not sure I see what the problem is. When you upload files to a Virtual Directory, that Virtual Directory is in your path. If you upload files to the root, the end up in the root. So, what you're describing seems to make perfect sense to me.

What were you expecting instead?

Imar

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Hi Imar,

Thanks for your wonderful book!

I was expecting my previous experience where the domain I have mapped to the virtual directory folder does include the folder name.

I uploaded another site to the same virtual directory and the directory folder name was not in the url.

To test it further, I uploaded the book final source code.
The directory folder name was again visible in the url.

Right now I am changing all my "~/" paths to "/" and will test it that way.
I'll let you know if it makes any difference.

Thanks,
tompatamcat

Hi there,

You shouldn't have to do that. ~/ refers to the *application root*. So, if you access your site like this:

www.domainname.com

and have a folder called Images, then

~/Images/SomeImage.gif refers to www.domainname.com/Images/SomeImage.gif

If you setup IIS with a virtual directoy, called App1 for example, then:

~/Images/SomeImage.gif

ends up as www.domainname.com/App1/Images/SomeImage.gif

The ~ syntax is designed specifically to avoid these kind of issues when switching between a root-based and a VD based application.

To set up your site without a VD, point the root of the web site in IIS to your application's root folder (e.g. the one containing web.config). Don't create a new Virtual Directory in IIS, and don't point the IIS root to a folder above your web site's root.

Hope this helps,

Imar

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Hi Imar,

The following did not make any difference.

"Right now I am changing all my "~/" paths to "/" and will test it that way."

I'm going to stick with root based hosting.

Thanks for you time,
tompatamcat