Hello to all!

I purchased the book only to my dismay finding out that nowhere it is discussed as to how to deploy the ppq website on a real world shared hosting server.

I am trying to use the completed example which runs fine on my pc upon de-bugging with VWD Express, but I get the following error when I post to my server.......


Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.

Parser Error Message: It is an error to use a section registered as allowDefinition='MachineToApplication' beyond application level. This error can be caused by a virtual directory not being configured as an application in IIS.

Source Error:


Line 17: <system.web>
Line 18:
Line 19: <siteMap defaultProvider="AspXmlSiteMapProvider" enabled="true">
Line 20: <providers>
Line 21: <clear/>


Source File: C:\Domains\MyDomain.com\wwwroot\ppq\web.config Line: 19

Can anyone please help me fix this problem.

Thanks in advance!
El Morenito

You must create a folder for the application, and then use IIS Manager to configure the folder as a virtual directory. ASP.NET then recognizes it as an application root folder, and allows the site map provider definition.

In shared hosting environments, be aware that the machine administrator may use configuration settings at machine level to prevent you specifying certain application settings. However, I would not expect them to prevent use of a site map provider.

Thanks for the reply.

Through my host's helm control panel I set that directory as a virtual on, but to no avail. Can you or anyone help?

TIA
El Morenito