"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message
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> "AG" <NOSPAMagiamb@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in message
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>> What am I missing?
>
> http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/28/vs-2008-web-deployment-project-support-released.aspx
> http://blogs.iis.net/msdeploy/archive/2008/01/22/welcome-to-the-web-deployment-team-blog.aspx
>
>
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"Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.net> wrote in message
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> [please don't top-post]
> http://www.caliburn.nl/topposting.html
>
>>>> What am I missing?
>>>
>>> http://weblogs.asp.net/scottgu/archive/2008/01/28/vs-2008-web-deployment-project-support-released.aspx
>>> http://blogs.iis.net/msdeploy/archive/2008/01/22/welcome-to-the-web-deployment-team-blog.aspx
>>
>> I had seen those articles, but that requires installing the web
>> deployment tool on the web server.
>
> Yes, that's right.
>
>
>> I don't see that being an option on a shared web host.
>
> Any decent service which offers ASP.NET hosting will already have this
> installed...
>
>
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"AG" <NOSPAMagiamb@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in
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> Using VS 2008 SP1.
>
> I have a Web Application project (not Website project).
> I added a web deployment project to the solution.
>
> The web deployment project builds to the destination local folder. No
> problem here.
>
> I have searched the web, but must be missing something because I can't
> seem to figure out how to publish the compiled web application.
>
> I know that I can manually copy everything to the web server (a shared
> host), but there must be a simpler way.
>
> The web app itself can be published via Build > Publish, but I don'
> see anything similar for the deployment project.
>
> What am I missing?
>
> Thanks for any help.
>

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"Gregory A. Beamer" <NoSpamMgbworld@comcast.netNoSpamM> wrote in message
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> "AG" <NOSPAMagiamb@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in
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>
>> Using VS 2008 SP1.
>>
>> I have a Web Application project (not Website project).
>> I added a web deployment project to the solution.
>>
>> The web deployment project builds to the destination local folder. No
>> problem here.
>>
>> I have searched the web, but must be missing something because I can't
>> seem to figure out how to publish the compiled web application.
>>
>> I know that I can manually copy everything to the web server (a shared
>> host), but there must be a simpler way.
>>
>> The web app itself can be published via Build > Publish, but I don'
>> see anything similar for the deployment project.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>>
>> Thanks for any help.
>>
>
> I see Mark has already taken you through this, but wanted to summarize
> and add my thoughts.
>
> If you want to go the normal publish route, you have a few options:
>
> 1. XCopy bits over
> 2. FTP bits over
> 3. Use the web deployment bits on the server
>
> The other direction is to make an installer project. I would personally
> not do this in most instances, as it requires site downtime. The
> possible exception is a web farm where you can take one machine down at
> a time.
>
> As copying is so much faster (my general downtime was a few seconds), I
> see no reason to use an installer other than a really complex site. And
> then I would think about it.
>
>
> Web deployment changes somewhat in VS 2010, with additional options for
> setting up config differences, etc.
>
> One option, outside of VS2010, is to use Expression Web to deploy, as it
> can use FTP, Web DAV, FrontPage extensions, etc. But there are some
> issues with EW, depending on how the server is set up, so it is not a
> silver bullet.
>
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>
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"Gregory A. Beamer" <NoSpamMgbworld@comcast.netNoSpamM> wrote in message
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> "AG" <NOSPAMagiamb@newsgroup.nospam> wrote in
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>
>> Thanks for the additional info.
>> My sites are typically not too complex and using the deployment tool
>> seems like overkill.
>
> It often is. It works great for business sites, but I find xcopy easier.
>
>> I actually did use Expression Web to deply. For the initial
>> deployment, there are folder permission issues, but my host is very
>> cooperative at fixing those. They don't re-appear when re-deploying
>> changed files. Plus, I can open the remote site and make changes to
>> the web.config, directly, if I need to.
>
> I believe you can set up exclusions with EW2, although it may be EW3 (to
> be
> released July 10th, according to the sites I have read).
>
>> I used to use ftp, but it causes additional file permission problems
>> with IIS 7, not only with initial deploy, but with any updates. Which
>> is why I switched to Expression Web.
>
> With IIS 7, many of the permissions issues may have been related to the
> config. Not sure 100%, but that is common.
>
>> You used the term 'bits' in each of the options you listed. Are you
>> referring to the individual components of a project, or does that have
>> some other meaning (that I have obviously missed)?
>
> I am talking about deploying all of the files for the project, including
> the precompiled portions.
>
> The way I used to do this is upload to another directory on the server and
> then xcopy over. This is not an option with most, if not all, hosts (at
> least not without a dedicated or virtual server.
>
>
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> Gregory A. Beamer
> MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
>
> Twitter: @gbworld
> Blog: http://gregorybeamer.spaces.live.com
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