CODEWITHSUNDEEP
asp.netvisual-studio
frenchie
frenchie

Reputation: 52027

making changes to an asp.net site without reuploading the whole thing

I'm building a site and for the moment, when I want to put it on the web server, I to go Build > Publish WebSite to a local directory and then on the FTP, I delete the whole existing content and then upload the new fresh content that's on my local directory. In the Publish Web Site popup, I see that there's an option for "Allow this precompiled site to be updatable".

If I make changes to some files in my AppCode directory, how do I update the server WITHOUT essentially shutting it down?

Thanks.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 178

Answers (2)

RickNZ
RickNZ

Reputation: 18652

Unless you're using a precompiled site or a web application, all "regular" websites are updateable -- App_Code as well as content.

Precompiled sites can be made to be updateable, but I believe only for web pages, not for code files.

If you have a busy site with lots of updates it's possible that updates can break things until they're complete. You can work around that by creating a file called app_offline.htm at the top level of your site. That will effectively take your site offline as long as it's there. The contents of the file are sent to users instead of your active content, such as *.aspx files. When the update is complete, then remove the file.

Upvotes: 1

Andrea Turri
Andrea Turri

Reputation: 6500

Try to take a look here: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/sync/bb840038

All that you need is a Synchronization between VS and server.

Upvotes: 0

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