I was Working through Microsoft's example on Deploying a Web Site Project. As the example suggested, I used the tool to place the compiled website in a local directory, and then creating a virtual directory in IIS and pointing it to that directory. Then I converted the virtual directory to an application. I tried browsing to the local website (http://localhost/TestSite03/SamplePage.aspx) but got an error that it could not access the config file due to permissions. I read this post and decided that I should add IIS_IUSRS to the site. I did this by right clicking on TestSite03 in IIS Manager and choosing "Edit Permissions". After that it just stopped working. The browser would spin when I went to the site, and eventually display a 'page not available' page. Same thing when I go to http://localhost now also. I tried removing the application, but localhost is still not working. I did look at other values while I was trying to get the TestSite03 working, but I don't think I made any other changes. Anyone know what I might have done wrong here?
Things I tried for localhost not working:
- Reordering the default page configuration.
- Restoring the default page order to inherited value.
- Adding a default.htm page.
- Making the directory browsable.
- Restarting the Default Web Site
- Rebooting the computer
- Checking permissions -
Possibly Relevant info:
- Windows 10,
- Visual Studio 2013
- .Net Framework 3.5 used for the test site
- Chrome and edge browsers.
