Why copy websites from 1 server to a new server generates errors?

[BunBo900]

when I copy a whole website from development server to my localhost server, it generates all kind of errors below is one of the errors. The site under dev server is working fine I just want to play with it on my localhost. Eventhough it said files not exist, I checked everything is copied over. Does anyone know why? Thx.


Parser Error Message: The file '/PO/POAdmin/admin.master' does not exist.

 

[jmeckley]

you are copying from your local computer to a development computer? if this is correct the problem is most likely permissions.

while developing locally you are running the webserver as yourself. therefore you have access writes as if the website were you. The server and client are also the same physical box. these can cause problems when deployed to a server because:
1. the website runs under the IIS account, not your account.
2. the server and client are different boxes. this is a problem if the file you want the server to read is on your local box.

assuming this is the issue, you will need to either
1. adjust the local of the files so the IIS account can access them (for example placing the file(s) within the virtual directory
2. adjust the permissions of the IIS account so the file can be read.

Jason Meckley
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