How to Properly Configure web.config Connection String and Source

Last Updated on Saturday, 29 September 2012 01:50 Written by Rodolfo Hernandez Monday, 1 October 2012 12:00

Some of our users were facing connection problems after deploying their Asp application in our servers. This was due to the fact of a bad web.config configuration. In this article, I will give you a step by step guide on how to properly configure web.config to work with your ASP application.

Web.config file is the main configuration settings for a Web application in ASP.NET. The file is an XML document that defines configuration information regarding the web application. The web.config file contains information that control module loading, security settings, configurations session state, compile and the language of the application. Web.config files can also contain specific objects such as connection strings to the database.

First, let’s Initialize the file:

How to Create a web.config file for an ASP.NET Application

Last Updated on Saturday, 30 April 2011 09:56 Written by Naveed Ashraf Saturday, 30 April 2011 01:03

This step-by-step article describes how to create a web.config file for an ASP.NET application. The .NET Framework, and ASP.NET in particular, uses XML-formatted .config files to configure applications.

The .NET Framework relies on .config files to define configuration options. The .config files are text-based XML files. Multiple .config files can, and typically do, exist on a single system.

How to Install AtomSite From Your WebsitePanel Using Microsoft Web App Gallery

Last Updated on Saturday, 15 January 2011 06:23 Written by Arian Jahansouz Saturday, 1 January 2011 06:25

This article will give you a step by step guide on how to install AtomSite from your WebsitePanel. Sign into your WebsitePanel and follow these steps:

1) Click Domains

Error Reading Web Site Information – WebSitePanel or DotNetPanel

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 09:41 Written by Shai Ben-Naphtali Sunday, 4 July 2010 12:46

How to Get More Detailed Errors from IIS

Last Updated on Wednesday, 14 December 2011 09:45 Written by Shai Ben-Naphtali Tuesday, 17 November 2009 08:05

On the new version of WebSitePanel, you can easily do this through the control panel! Click HERE to find out how!

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1. Error Reading Web Site Information – WebSitePanel or DotNetPanel

Say you work on your website on whatever language that may be, for this example, I’ll use ASP.

Then you encounter an error message, for this example, say the dreaded 500 – Internal server error (picture 1).

picture 1

So you sit there thinking “Ok, thanks! That doesn’t give me a clue on what my problem is!”