uploading site to server

crossfire19 · January 20th, 2014, 10:43 PM

Hello I am having some problems with uploading my website to a server that is being hosted by hostgator.com.
I just built a portfolio type website using visual web developer, and with the skills I learned from reading asp.net 4 in C# and vb book from like chapter 1 through 12.
It works and debugs great in visual studio, but when I put it on the server, it says it cant find specific files that are in subfolders, which is what I did in visual studio to make it more organized. I talked to hostgator.com and they havn't been able to help me with this issue. I can probably put it all on the server where it would work, but I would have to exclude all the sub directories, and put all the files in one folder, and I would also have to change a lot of code in the markup, because in the markup a lot of files are being called from sub directories.
Shouldn't it work the same on the server as it does in visual studio, because it just doesn't seem logical to have to change folders around and your code just to put it on the server
Here is the website that I have on the server, where you can see the error
portfoliobrown.com/My_Portfolio
and again I don't get that in visual studio it works fine
I Appreciate any help
Thanks

Imar · January 21st, 2014, 05:22 PM

Hi there,

Is My_Portfolio the folder where all you stuff lives, like web.config and the MasterPages folder? If so, the error makes sense. You're pointing to the root of the server, so it tries to find the master page at /MasterPages, rather than at /My_Portfolio/MasterPages.

Two solutions:

1. Move everything from the My_Portfolio folder to the root, keeping the structure in place.

2. Mark /My_Portfolio as a virtual directory / application. Maybe your host can do that, or you can do it through a control panel if that's what they offer. That way, something like ~/MasterPages will resolve to /My_Portfolio/MasterPages instead of /MasterPages.

Hope this helps,

Imar

crossfire19 · January 22nd, 2014, 12:37 AM

Hey thanks a lot
its working I can't believe I didn't think of that before, but that was the only issue.
So I have one more issue. My contact form doesn't work on the server receiving the email the form, like it did when I ran it in visual studio. It has the same code in C# from the book that I have for my contact form. My host couldn't help me with it either. Maybe you might have the solution
Thanks

Imar · January 22nd, 2014, 03:51 AM

Hi there,

Most likely this is due to mail server configuration. Try removing the UpdatePanel to see the real error, or try the mail demo page from the Demo folder. This will make it easier to see what the problem is so you can see what you need to fix.

Cheers,

Imar

January 22nd, 2014, 06:14 AM

appreciate the suggestion and i will do it to fix it

crossfire19 · January 22nd, 2014, 08:14 PM

Okay after removing the update panel from the markup for the contact form, and sending it this is the error that I receive.

An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions 173.194.64.109:587

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.Net.Sockets.SocketException: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions 173.194.64.109:587

Source Error:

Line 46:
Line 47: SmtpClient mySmtpClient = new SmtpClient();
Line 48: mySmtpClient.Send(myMessage);
Line 49:
Line 50: Message.Visible = true;

It states that line 48 is causing the issue. Its weird because it works fine when I debug it, just the server its on doesn't like it for some reason
Thanks

Imar · January 23rd, 2014, 11:33 AM

I think you'll need to talk to your host to figure out how they allow you to send e-mail. It sounds like you're not allowed to send e-mail to the configured server / port from their network.

Cheers,

Imar

crossfire19 · January 26th, 2014, 04:09 PM

Alright thanks a lot for your help.
Apparently it was the package that I signed up for that doesn't allow email sending.