Trying to test forum locally but getting errors

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survient
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YAF Forumling Topic Starter

15 years ago

Forum Version: 1.9.3 RC2

Host OS: Windows 7 Build 7077

.NET Version: .NET 3.5

Errors: "The virtual path '/forum/pages/forum.ascx' maps to another application, which is not allowed."

URL: http://localhost/forum

Installation Issues: No Installation Issues

Ok I can upload my code for my website exactly as it is to windows server 2003 x64 and it runs fine. I used to have this problem on the server but I just ran IIS Manager and configured the /forum/ directory as an application. However, I have no known "IIS" manager using the ASP.NET Development Server, nor do I know how to configure it to make this change, or if I can edit a local file to make this change. Any suggestions? Thanks.

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herman_herman
100% (Exalted)
YAF MVP

15 years ago

Please refer to installation manual which says:

STEP 5. (OPTIONAL) MODIFY "app.config" FILE:

By default YAF is designed to be installed at the root application on any

IIS web server. If you want YAF to be installed off of the main root, you need

to modify the root key. Make sure the files in the /bin directory of the YAF zip

file are copied to /bin directory on the root of your web server.

Then open up "app.config" and uncomment the "root" key. Enter the value as the

directory to your forum.

Example: If you have install the forum in the directory "/forum/yaf/"

you will need to add key with name "root" and value "/forum/yaf/"

to app.config.

Also, in "app.config" you can modify the BoardID to use the board you want.

If you only have one board or don't know what this is, leave it alone.

survient
56.6% (Neutral)
YAF Forumling Topic Starter

15 years ago

I had to already make this modification to get it to work on the windows server 2003 site. It works on an IIS server, but I'm having trouble running it in visual studio 2008, as I get this error. My app.config has this change, however it still gives the error...

Mek
100% (Exalted)
YAF Developer

15 years ago

k I've never seen that error using the ASP.NET Development Server; i would also highly advise against developing with it; since it behaves very very differently to IIS which can lead to an absolute nightmare when transferring to IIS (been there 😞 )

You can get Visual Studio to publish to IIS, and not run its web server. Whether this is wholly working in Windows 7 I have no idea.

"It's a case of RTFM.. the only problem being we don't have a manual!"

When I post FP:Mek in a topic, I'm leaving my footprint there so I can track it once I get into coding/supporting. (Yes I stole this off Ederon 🙂 )

survient
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YAF Forumling Topic Starter

15 years ago

You can get Visual Studio to publish to IIS, and not run its web server. Whether this is wholly working in Windows 7 I have no idea.

Mek wrote:

On windows server 2008 remote debugging is supposedly easy, but for some reason I can't seem to get it to run with windows server 2003. Local debugging would be easier for my case honestly, but I have no idea how to configure ASP.NET Development server....

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