Running
an ASP Web Page
If you do not know where to save
and run your ASP web pages from,
this lesson will guide you through
the process. In the previous
lesson we installed Microsoft's
Server software (IIS or PWS) to
enable your computer to run .asp
files. However, having IIS or PWS
installed is not enough to run ASP
files. The next step you must
complete is to save and run your
ASP files from a special location
on your hard drive: the Inetpub
directory to be specific.
Follow these steps to navigate
to this directory:
- Open up "My Computer" or
"Windows Explorer" so that you
can view your system's files and
directories.
- Select and Open the C drive
(C:)
- Double click the Inetpub
folder
- Double click the wwwroot
folder - The full path to this
location is "C:\Inetpub\wwwroot"
for you advanced users
- Within the wwwroot directory
locate the "localstart.asp"
file.
This is the same file you saw
after completing the installation
in the previous lesson. Your ASP
files will have to go into this
wwwroot directory or a contained
sub-directory to run properly.
Creating ASP Testing Grounds
Throughout this tutorial we
will be referring to the folder "tizagASP"
that you should create if you want
to follow along with these ASP
Tutorials.
- Inside the wwwroot folder
create a New Folder and rename
it "codetellerASP"
- To access this directory you
would type the following into
Internet Explorer:
- http://localhost/codetellerASP/FILENAME.asp
- Where FILENAME is name of
your ASP file
All of the files you create
while reading the ASP Tutorial
should go into this directory.
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