I developed an asp.net website using visual studio.net 2005. Now I wanna publish it on a server.
I used the "build>>publish website" and I set the target location with the url: http://...... .com but the publishing failed and i dunno why. Is there any missing requirements for the web server or what??
yes i used ftp:// and it started publishing but it took a long time so i closed visual studio.. i got scared actually. Does it really take a long time? and if it is published successfully, how can i access it later??

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try using ftp://

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Are you looking for a place to host your website? If so, you need to get web hosting. Also if you don't have a domain name you will have to get that too.

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Dear Disco Girl,

It depends on how you want to deploy your site. Using the publish website utility is one way of doing things.

Yes, you should specify your ftp to the Publish site utility:

Advantages of using Publish Web Site Utility:
1- The precompilation process finds any compilation errors and identifies the errors in the configuration file.
2- Initial response speed for individual pages is faster because the pages are already compiled. If you copy pages to a site instead of compiling them first, the pages are compiled on first request, and their compiled output is cached.
3- No program code is deployed with the site, which provides a measure of security for your files. You can publish the site with markup protection, which compiles .aspx files, or without markup protection, which copies .aspx files to the site as-is and allows you to change their layout after deployment.

Another alternative is to copy the site as it is using the Copy Utility which copies your site as is to the target server.

PS: To make the process of publishing the site faster, do the process under a disco ball.

Signed,
Smut Face

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You first have to acquire a Domain. You can get one here: http://www.godaddy.com/gdshop/default.asp for $8.95. Or you could google this search string: "free asp.net 2.0 hosting". An example of this is http://www.somee.com. That's where I host the site I developed in Visual Studio 2005.

Once you have a domain, get a FTP client like cuteFTP available for free at http://www.cuteftp.com . Using that you could upload your files using your domains ftp. Another way is using Visual Studio 2005's publish tool, just supply your site's ftp address, and make sure your ftp ports are not blocked.

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