Installed Umbraco locally, now how to run site in local IE
I installed Umbraco on my local Windows Vista PC, through the Microsoft site which uses the Web Platform Installer. http://www.microsoft.com/Web/gallery/umbraco.aspx The install was all mostly automated and worked fine, once I figured out the correct login to give it for my local SQL Server. Now I want to run Umbraco and try it out but but I don't know the local URL to use to run and view Umbraco. Maybe I'm still missing some install steps?
I'm kind of an IIS newbie. Please look at the screenshot in the link at the bottom of this post, and tell me the local URL I should use to view the TestSite in Internet Explorer. I tried http://localhost/TestSite/, but it gives me a 404 with the following message:
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Installed Umbraco locally, now how to run site in local IE
I installed Umbraco on my local Windows Vista PC, through the Microsoft site which uses the Web Platform Installer.
http://www.microsoft.com/Web/gallery/umbraco.aspx
The install was all mostly automated and worked fine, once I figured out the correct login to give it for my local SQL Server.
Now I want to run Umbraco and try it out but but I don't know the local URL to use to run and view Umbraco. Maybe I'm still missing some install steps?
I'm kind of an IIS newbie. Please look at the screenshot in the link at the bottom of this post, and tell me the local URL I should use to view the TestSite in Internet Explorer. I tried http://localhost/TestSite/, but it gives me a 404 with the following message:
Description: HTTP 404. The resource you are looking for (or one of its dependencies) could have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable. Please review the following URL and make sure that it is spelled correctly.
Requested URL: /install/default.aspx
Here's a screenshot of my IIS Manager on my Windows Vista PC.
http://www.re-aim.org/extra/IisTestSite.gif
Sounds like you need to add stuff to your hosts file or set your website to be the default website (http://localhost
You really should follow the IIS steps found in "Install guide for Vista". It can be downloaded here:
http://umbraco.codeplex.com/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=33743
/Thomas
You need to bind the site to an address;
E.g sitename.local
Then you need to add a line in your hosts file (windows/system32/drivers/etc)
127.0.0.1 sitename.local
Hit save, and go to your web browser and navigation to sitename.local
Bingo! :)
Laurie
p.s the guide above is also useful and far more detailed :)
I'm guessing that Testsite is running on port 80 and with your default site you may even be able to get to it by going to just localhost
I'll give that "Install guide for Vista" a try. Much thanks
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