[SOLVED] Webserver for visual studio

skat · Dec 20th, 2007, 14:35

hi,

i have the program visual studio 2003, i want to use this to make a website, can someone advise me on what server i need to run mywebsite locally, and where i can get this from. i would also like it to be a free one

thanks

alexgeek · Dec 20th, 2007, 15:00

I'm assuming you will want to use ASP(.NET) since you are using Visual Studio.
To host on your own computer you will need windows server 2003 with IIS6 installed.
You can host your site with XP and IIS5 but I wouldn't recommend it and I don't know if it supports ASP.NET.

skat · Dec 20th, 2007, 17:04

u guessed right, im using asp.net,

thanks for ur advice alex

alexgeek · Dec 20th, 2007, 17:17

So you will have to install windows server 2003.
Are you planning on hosting your sites there yourself or are you doing this just for testing ASP.NET?

skat · Dec 21st, 2007, 07:40

its so i can just run what i have written and see what it look like on a website and to see whether it works properly

alexgeek · Dec 21st, 2007, 14:33

Okay, so which are you planning on doing?
Installing the Windows Server 2003 OS or just using XP?
I can help with Windows Server but not XP.

skat · Dec 21st, 2007, 20:07

i was messing around with visual studio before and sorted my problem out for once ... i just needed to change where i was saving my file which means i can run it locally now, thats all i wanted to do anyway because dont really want to put my application onto the web ... thanks for your advice i really appreciate it

alexgeek · Dec 22nd, 2007, 01:00

Glad you have this all sorted mate.
could you mark this as solved via thread tools?