I followed the steps in part 4 here to try and host a web site locally but I keep getting the following error:
HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.
First I tried entering the physical directory as the folder where my visual studio project is stored, since it contains the web pages anyway and it is a work in progress (to avoid having to republish every time). This didn't work so I then published the site to the wwwroot folder and changed the physical directory to this but it gave me the same error.
I read the problem could have something to do with which framework version the application pool uses, but I tried it with both v2 and v4 and keep getting the same error (p.s. how do I check which version I should be using?).
This is the first time I'm trying this and I am quite lost, any help on the matter would be greatly appreciated.
EDIT: I removed the following code from my web.config
And am now presented with the following error
HTTP Error 401.3 - Unauthorized You do not have permission to view this directory or page because of the access control list (ACL) configuration or encryption settings for this resource on the Web server.
EDIT 2: When I try browse a web page on my site, say http://localhost/SponsorAChild/Login.aspx I now get the following error:
Configuration Error
Description: An error occurred during the processing of a configuration file required to service this request. Please review the specific error details below and modify your configuration file appropriately.
Parser Error Message: Unrecognized attribute 'targetFramework'. Note that attribute names are case-sensitive.
Source Error:
Line 16: Line 17: Line 18: Line 19: Line 20:
Like in this question But changing the application pool to one which uses the v4 framework gives the first 500.19 error again
