Chapter 19 problem

matthew1412 · February 27th, 2012, 03:14 PM

Hi

I've just been going through chapter 19 and I think I have come across a problem on the 'Configuring the file system' Try It Out.

My problem is when I go and type http://localhost in my browser, I get nothing but the text and links of the page and none of the styles from before. I'm pretty sure I've done everything, but clearly I've missed something. I know there's not much to go on but the site is just missing the style sheets from what I can see.

I hope you can help

Thanks

Matthew

Imar · February 28th, 2012, 02:56 AM

Hi Matthew,

If you look in the final HTML in the browser, how does the path to your CSS file look?

Imar

matthew1412 · February 28th, 2012, 06:46 AM

Hi Imar

The path for the the Styles reads as Styles/Styles.css and the Monochrome path reads as App_Themes/Monochrome/Monochrome.css and the same goes for the DarkGrey theme.

Thanks

Matthew

Imar · February 28th, 2012, 03:15 PM

Looks alright to me. What happens when you try to access that path directly? E.g. append the /Styles/Styles.css to the current root of the site?

Imar

matthew1412 · February 29th, 2012, 01:34 PM

I entered http://localhost/Styles/Styles.css in the browser and nothing appeared. It does appear when I include the port number.

Could it have something to do with the security settings? I did have some problems doing the exercises in that my computer wouldn't let me make changes when configuring the file systems. I did fix this problem, but could that have caused this?

Imar · February 29th, 2012, 01:57 PM

What's the address for the site in your browser? Just http://localhost I assume?

If you add the port number, you're not using IIS but the built-in web server of Visual Studio.

How does your web.config look? Maybe you're blocking access to all content? You could try adding a <location/> element set to the Styles folder and open it up for all users, although you shouldn't have to do this if you followed along with the book.

Cheers,

Imar

matthew1412 · March 1st, 2012, 10:44 AM

Yeah I am trying to access it with the http://localhost address but no luck.

I've arranged my web.config file to look like your version. I have tried re-doing chapter 19 and I get the same result. Which file would I put <location/> in? I will give that a try.

Thank you

Matthew

Imar · March 1st, 2012, 01:22 PM

Hi Matthew,

Can you post the code of your web.config?

Imar

matthew1412 · March 2nd, 2012, 11:23 AM

Hi Imar

Here is the web.config file for my Release version of the site

Matthew

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<configuration>
<appSettings>
<add key="FromAddress" value="[email protected]" />
<add key="FromName" value="John" />
<add key="ToAddress" value="[email protected]" />
<add key="ToName" value="Matthew" />
<add key="SendMailOnError" value="false" />
</appSettings>
<connectionStrings>
<add name="PlanetWroxConnectionString1" connectionString="Data Source=.\SQLEXPRESS;AttachDbFilename=|DataDirector y|\PlanetWrox.mdf;Integrated Security=True;User Instance=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
<add name="PlanetWroxEntities" connectionString="metadata=res://*/App_Code.PlanetWrox.csdl|res://*/App_Code.PlanetWrox.ssdl|res://*/App_Code.PlanetWrox.msl;provider=System.Data.SqlCl ient;provider connection string="data source=.\SQLEXPRESS;attachdbfilename=|DataDirector y|\PlanetWrox.mdf;integrated security=True;user instance=True;multipleactiveresultsets=True;App=En tityFramework"" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
</connectionStrings>
<system.web>
<trace mostRecent="true" enabled="false" requestLimit="100" pageOutput="false" localOnly="true" />
<customErrors mode="On" defaultRedirect="~/Errors/OtherErrors.aspx" redirectMode="ResponseRewrite">
<error statusCode="404" redirect="~/Errors/Error404.aspx" />
</customErrors>
<profile>
<properties>
<add name="FirstName" />
<add name="LastName" />
<add name="DateOfBirth" type="System.DateTime" />
<add name="Bio" />
<add name="FavouriteGenres" type="System.Collections.Generic.List`1[System.Int32]" />
</properties>
</profile>
<roleManager enabled="true" />
<membership>
<providers>
<clear />
<add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider, System.Web, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a" connectionStringName="LocalSqlServer" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" applicationName="/" requiresUniqueEmail="false" passwordFormat="Hashed" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="6" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="1" passwordAttemptWindow="10" passwordStrengthRegularExpression="" />
</providers>
</membership>
<authentication mode="Forms" />
<pages theme="MonoChrome">
<controls>
<add tagPrefix="Wrox" tagName="Banner" src="~/Controls/Banner.ascx" />
</controls>
</pages>
<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">
<assemblies>
<add assembly="System.Security, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B03F5F7F11D50A3A" />
<add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
<add assembly="System.Data.Entity.Design, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=B77A5C561934E089" />
</assemblies>
<buildProviders>
<add extension=".edmx" type="System.Data.Entity.Design.AspNet.EntityDesig nerBuildProvider" />
</buildProviders>
</compilation>
</system.web>
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp deliveryMethod="Network" from="Matthew <[email protected]>">
<network enableSsl="true" userName="[email protected]" password="*******" host="smtp.gmail.com" />
</smtp>
</mailSettings>
</system.net>
<location path="Management">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<allow roles="Managers" />
<deny users="*" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<location path="MyProfile.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<location path="ManagePhotoAlbum.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<location path="NewPhotoAlbum.aspx">
<system.web>
<authorization>
<deny users="?" />
</authorization>
</system.web>
</location>
<system.webServer>
<defaultDocument>
<files>
<clear />
<add value="default.aspx" />
<add value="Default.htm" />
<add value="Default.asp" />
<add value="index.htm" />
<add value="index.html" />
<add value="iisstart.htm" />
</files>
</defaultDocument>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

Imar · March 3rd, 2012, 01:12 AM

I copied this code into my Planet Wrox web site and it worked fine. So I can't really tell what the problem is without understanding more of your setup such as IIS settings, folders and so on.

Cheers,

Imar