Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 16-2.
Specifying an FTP web site
Note
Building FTP sites requires a user's credentials to be passed. Usually there is no anonymous FTP site; you
should specify the FTP address using the
ftp://user:pwd@ftpaddress:port
syntax.
HTTP Web Site
A web site based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is preferable for building commercial and
enterprise web-based products. The HTTP web site requires IIS on the local machine of the developer,
because it is configured as an application in the virtual directory of IIS.
Note
IIS Express is a light version of IIS that is included with Visual Studio 2012. The IIS Express server brings a
lot of administrative power to web applications sitting inside IIS Express.
Figure 16-3 shows the New Web Site dialog box with the web site location set to HTTP.
