CIS407/CIS410 Web Hosting Instructions

1.) Launch Visual Studio .NET via Citrix

2.) Create a new ASP.NET Web Application

Location Notes: the prefix for everyone’s location is as follows:

http://weblab.devry.edu/cis407/ -- YOUR INSTRUCTOR WILL HAVE THIS INFORMATION. Please note where CIS407 is you will need to replace that with your course information i.e., Course Name, TERM, CIS407SPR06B if you are an onsite student it will be as follows Campus, Course, Term, ie., ADDCIS407SPR06B/followed by your first initial last name to create a student folder (i.e. Linda Gonzalez = lgonzalez), and then the name of the project you are working on (i.e. TEST1).

The full location path would then look like this: http://weblab.devry.edu/cis407/lgonzalez/TEST1

3.) When you click on OK, for the new project, you may receive an error message due to an issue of not finding the “share” name.

4.) If you receive this error, click the option to “Try to open the project with FrontPage Server Extensions”

5.) You will receive another error message due to the same issue of not finding the share name simply click on YES here.

6.) You may get a login box, requiring you to put in login credentials to authenticate

User name: ACAD\Your DSI #

Password: Date of birth in YYYYMM format

7.) At this point it will create a new web.

8.) You should see it connecting to the server, building the components, etc. and will end up back on the .NET screen seeing the components it loaded.

9.) From this point, finish working through your project as you normally would. Make sure you do save it as you’re working.

A solution file will be created that will point to the web server for the rest of the components.

Connection to the SERVER via FTP

If you need to retrieve files from the web server, you can do so using an FTP client. The example here will show SMARTFTP, but you may use any FTP Client.

1.) Create a connection to the server

Click on File > NEW

A Dialogue box will appear where you will fill in the HOST, USER NAME and Password.

2) Once you have logged into the web space you will see a listing of course folders.

3) At this time you will navigate to your course folder the instructor will provide you with this information.

Once you locate your course folder you will double click on that folder which will open.

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4) You will notice that all folders are first initial directly followed by last name ie Linda Gonzalez will be as shown above lgonzalez. This will be your course folder. All folders are located on the left hand side and other files and folders located within the folder will be seen on your right hand side of the screen.