Hi All,

I been bashing my head against the wall trying to set up aspen dating software.

I am new to web building, except yahoo site builder and PPC Affiliate Marketing.

Here Are my instructions, any help kindly appreciated.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

   1.  Unzip ASPnetDating[*****].zip within your IIS folder (e.g. c:\inetpub\wwwroot\AspNetDating)
   2. Configure the folder as application from IIS
   3. Create a new database with SQL Server Management Studio. Create new database user and set him as database owner. Run all SQL scripts located in your SQL folder under the root of your project in the following sequence:

      - AspNetDating[*****]SQLServer2005.sql for SQL Server 2005 and 2008
      - AspNetDating[*****]SQLServer2000.sql for SQL Server 2000
      - DefaultSettings.sql
      - SampleTopicsAndQuestions.sql
      - (optional) AdditionalLanguages.sql
       
   4. Adjust your database connection string in the web.config file - Data Source, database, username and password (if any)

      <connectionStrings>
         <add name="aspnetdating" connectionString="Data Source=(local);database=AspNetDating;Integrated Security=True" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient"/>
      </connectionStrings>
       
   5. Make sure that your mail settings are set properly as well.

      <mailSettings>
         <smtp from="yoursiteemail@yoursite.com">
            <network host="localhost" port="25" userName="" password="" defaultCredentials="true" />
         </smtp>
      </mailSettings>
   6. Home URL should be changed when going live (e.g. http://www.mydatingsite.com)

      <add key="HomeURL" value="http://localhost/AspNetDating"/>
       
   7. To access the site administrative area go to the following URL: "http://localhost/AspNetDating/admin/Login.aspx” (replacing localhost/AspNetDating with your actual url). Use ”admin” as login and "admin" as password. Click on “Settings” in the Site Management section and change your password.


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I have pointed my domain  www.friendsdatingfriends.com to the correct servers, i have download the software to my desktop and unzip,this the part i dont understand, it say to unzip in IIS folder (e.g. c:\inetpub\wwwroot\AspNetDating), i dont understand how to do this.

I have already set up mySQL but unable to progress from step 1.

Thanks In Advance.
Jason

You will instead want to unzip the files into a folder on your local computer, then upload them to the correct location on your hosting plan.

If this script is going to be used in the root of your domain, you would place all files into httpdocs folder on the account.   If you want to install the script to a subfolder, you would create the subfolder then upload the files into the subfolder.