im trying to test out my application so far by uploading all the project files to my "web" folder on the university server, but when i naviage to the server/myfoldername where the index.aspx is located i get an application error - what im i doing wrong? im using filezilla to upload the files...

p.s. here is the link

http://itsuite.it.brighton.ac.uk/jmp...YearProject09/

Id suggest you ask in the asp.net forum

There are many things that could be wrong,most of them have to do with the IIS configuration. Maybe the virtual directory is not set-up for your application.

But my money is on the web.Config you submited to the folder pool, you see if there is a web.Config already defined in the default root path of the website when you made another web.Config in the root/yourapi and included in that web.Config the <roleManager enabled="true" /> tag . You got an error because you can't have in your nested web.Config some specific elements like authentication

the best solution in this case is the move the project away from the root directory and create another virtual directory just for it.

hmmm im relatively new to all this IIS stuff, can i create a virtual folder on my local pc and then transfer it to the server? (which iv been trying to do) or do i have to configure it on the server itself (which i would probs need an administator for)?

kinda both, it doesnt have to be a new virtual directory, but for example, depending on your code file positions maybe different, settings can be different..

In this case you have to ask the admin for help, unless you have full acces to the server.

@julseypart

I read all the posts and I was wondering how you were able to do it.
I have the same problem you have and I am clueless. I need your help.

Thank You

Jamal

I just paid for my own website hosting so I had full control over the settings and deployment. If you don't want to pay for your own I suggest you ask your IT Support team to configure/enable the features you need on the server/IIS.

Jules