Need help with deployment

[blm]

I am completely new to asp.net and not that familiar with web programming. When first started the development my supervisor wanted me to develop on the web server (no one else is using it). When I tried to add a new project I got the error "This folder may be located in an unavailable location " . I am told I have full access to the server and IIS on the server. I did the development on my PC and it is working fine. Now I am trying to deploy to the web server. I created a deployment project and it will build to the server but when I install it seems to install to my computer. I am guessing this from the noise from my hard drive. How do I tell it to install to the web server. Is there a deployment for complete dummies web site were I can get detailed instructions??

 

[dvannoy]

try doing a search on this here and also google.

there have been lots of threads started here and they should be able to help you. there are several questions you may need to answer first. IIS questions, security questions, user account questions etc..

 

[blm]

I've been searching through google all day as well as this form. I've tried what was suggested with no luck. What questions do I need to ask my administrator. He say I have full access and the problem is with my program. I spent alot of time searching before I put in this request but I really don't know where else to look.

 

[dvannoy]

what errors are you getting?

does the account ASPNET have full access to your virtual directory? also the USERS account may need that as well.
is your home directory set correctly security set correctly?
did you configure IIS or did your admin?

your not the only account that needs full access.
verify IIS is setup correctly. I would bet that's your problem.

 

[blm]

The admin install IIS I have no access to it, just the physical root drive where I have write permissions. I have no virtual directory, the admin didn't think I needed it, but he has since agreed to set one up. I have given him some documentation about configuring it for asp.net. I was getting errors while trying the copy project about invalid protocol. When I tried physically copying the files and tried to access the default page through the browser I was getting permission errors.
The admin thinks it's my code, but has changed some permissions and I can now copy the project but got errors about different versions of IIS and permissions, but it did copy the files and I can access the default page just getting more permission errors.

Thank for trying to help, I appreciate it.

 

[dvannoy]

it sounds like IIS is not setup correctly at all. you have to specify the home directory etc.. your admin needs to give you more access as well as the accounts I mentioned in the above post.