Visual Studio project setup help

[MrPink1138]

I'm VERY new to Visual Studio so apologies if this is a dumb n00b question.

I want to start doing more work building ASP.NET web apps in Visual Studio instead of using Dreamweaver. I have everything installed and I'm trying to create new projects.

I would like my project files to be stored on a shared network drive (mostly for nightly backups). IIS is installed on my computer and I'd like to use that for testing and debugging before eventually publishing to a live server.

Can someone explain to me if this is possible and/or the best way of doing this?

When I create new projects it seems to want to place everything in C:\inetpub

 

[mmaz]

Here's an article that explains how:

http://www.windowsitpro.com/Web/Article/ArticleID/25987/25987.html

It seems a bit complicated. If it's just a backup issue, is it an option for you to use Visual Source Safe (or some other tool) to backup your code?

 

[MrPink1138]

Thanks for the link. That does look a little more compmlicated than I imagined it would be.

I want the files on the network drive for backup reasons and for the fact that occasionally someone else may need to access. I'm not that familiar with Source Safe... would that help with managing the files between multiple users?

 

[Smeat]

In order to place the files in a place of your choosing, you need to first create the web app via IIS and then add an existing website to your solution, something like the following steps:

1. Create a project directory (i.e. C:\Development\YourProjectName)

2. Create a virtual directory in IIS with the same name as the directory you just created (i.e. YourProjectName)

3. Create a blank solution and save hte .sln file whereever you want.

4. Add an existing web application (i.e.

http://localhost/YourProjectName)

I'm running from memory here so the above steps may not be 100% accurate but hopefully will be.

HTH

Smeat