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I make small websites with admin pages coded in asp. The client can change the text and images on certain pages like products and gallery using the admin pages. I sometimes face problems while developing the site and want to put the entire site and admin side on some free webhosting site so people on help sites such as yours can help me debug the problem. most free webhosts dont support asp. which free webhosts support asp. or are there any other solutions to this problem. obviously, its not ideal to give direct access to the real site on my clients webspace. thank you in advance for your time and efforts.

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Building on points from , and , here are practical, low-risk ways to let helpers debug a Classic ASP site without putting a client's production site at risk.

First-choice: run an identical copy locally using IIS or IIS Express so the whole site and database are under the developer's control. Classic ASP is still supported by IIS and can be enabled and configured for detailed error output in the server settings; see Microsoft's Classic ASP guidance for configuration and debugging options (). For quick sharing of a local site, use a short-lived tunnel (example: ngrok) so remote helpers can access a developer machine without moving data to an unknown free host.

If a remote server is required, prefer a short-lived cloud VM or a small paid Windows host over unvetted “free” providers. Cloud free tiers and trials let you spin up a Windows instance with IIS for testing and then terminate it when done—examples are listed on major provider free pages (). Always create a sanitized staging database (no real customer data), use site-level authentication or IP restrictions, and revert or rotate any credentials after debugging.

Practical debugging tips: enable “Send Errors To Browser” for Classic ASP when testing, add simple server-side logging (append errors to a file or Windows Event Log), and avoid remote debugging that requires production credentials. These steps let helpers reproduce and fix problems reliably while keeping the client’s live site and data safe.

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Used to use 1asphost a few years back when I started with asp.... lifes worth of downtime had there. If your really keen on asp, your best paying for a package, only really use this sites for a testing/learning purpose

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thank you trop and ezb

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