The project that I am currently working on has to be coded in ASP for a Windows Server. Personally, I prefer PHP but luckily there isn’t anything too tricky about this site. I spent the last 20 minutes searching the internet for an easy way to get my test website up and running locally on my Win7 Machine. I didn’t see a good quick tutorial out there, so I thought I would document this in the hopes that people will save time in the future.
Step 1: Install/Enable IIS and ASP on your Computer
Whether you’re on a Win XP, Win7 or Windows Server – you need get Microsoft’s IIS running. This is pretty easy. Just go to Start->Control Panel->Programs and Features. Then click Turn Windows Features On/Off. Check Internet Information Services and then make sure to enable ASP, .NET and whatever other scripts that you want to work on your computer:
Click OK and go grab a drink while all of this stuff configures.
Step 2: Copy your Web Files to inetPub
Go over to C:\inetpub\wwwroot and create a Folder for your website and copy over all of your web files (ASP, HTML, images, etc).
Step 3: Create a new Website in IIS
- Open IIS by going to Start->Control Panel->Administrative Tools->IIS Manager
- Right Click in the left sidebar and select Add Web Site
- Fill out the Website Form:
- Name your Site
- Click the … Button under Content Directory and select the folder you copied into inetpub
- Change the Port if necessary
- Click OK to start up the site
Step 4 – Check your Local ASP site
- For my site, I used port 120 so if you type: http://localhost:120/ into your web browser your site should popup
- If this doesn’t work, you may need to go into IIS and set your default document (I had to do this since index.asp is not in there by default)
