How to create a simple website with IIS7.5?


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    How to create a simple website with IIS7.5?


    Is there a beginner’s tutorial for installing a simple web site in windows7 using IIS7.5?


    I installed IIS7.5 following How to install IIS 7 and setup asp in windows 7 « Windows 7 Home.

    Now I’m trying to install a simple web site. All the information I found so far, has too many options. I'm lost.

    Thanks in advance
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    Hi,

    You may want to check out this tutorial i've just created

    Hope it helps :)


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    Thanks, your article has exactly what I was looking for.
    I followed all your instructions, but when I type into the browser: gfheiche.serverhttp.com, I get the router instead of the server.




    Here is what I did:
    1. Registered at no-ip.com as: gfheiche.serverhttp.com
    2. Installed and used IIS7.5.
    In step 5 used: Site Name: My New Site
    Physical Path: C:\XYZ (just an ordinary folder)
    Host address: gfheiche.serverhttp.com
    3. a. Created New Inbound Rule in Windows Firewall
    b. Since I have not yet figured out how to configure the exceptions in Linksys WRT310N, disabled the router firewall all together, temporarily.


    But I do get the router instead of XYZ
    What went wrong?
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    It works now. In 3b I configured the 2 exceptions in Linksys WRT310N by Port Forwarding port 80 to 192.168.1.xxx.
    Thank you very much for the really helpful instructions
    gfheiche
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    Hi,
    Still one more question.
    In order to function as a server, visitors to My New Site should be able to download the folder XYZ.
    How can download be enabled?
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    Why would you need visitors to download the folder? I've got my own site set-up this way and only give access the the index aspx/htm/php file, which is the site homepage.

    P.S sorry for the late reply
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    Not any visitor but authorized ones. There are many reasons for wanting the possibility to download from my website. For example, hotmail limits attachments to 10MB, so if I want to send an XYZ greater than 10MB, I put it on my server?

    Can it be done in principle?
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    WebDAV allows download from a website. http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/350/installing-and-configuring-webdav-on-iis-70
    In IIS7.5 it is even easier since WebDAV is incorporated and can be enabled in "Turn windows on or off".
    Now the relatively simple question: " How does one use WebDAV in Windows7" to download?
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