Get an .aspx project to render on a website

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Perhaps someone can give me guidance to at least get started with this. I have a web host (ATT WebHost - unfortunately). I have a very simple ASP.NET project I developed with Visual Studio 2013. I'm using it to see if I can get it to render on my web site. It simply has a textbox and a button. You type something in the textbox and the button will erase it. I've published the project and have been able to upload it to the web site in the "public" folder. So I have a .aspx file sitting there but how can I get the site to bring it up on the web. I've had two absolutely inane chats with ATT WebHost technical help in which they say they cannot help me with third party software ie ASP.NET inspite of the fact that there site offers something called "WEB Services" that has an option to convert ASP.NET projects into applications. I've tried that but whatever it does it doesn't render the files on my browser. Anyone have any experience with this type of problem?

Posted 29-Dec-15 10:07am

Tipton Tyler

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Dec-15 16:18pm

So, what's your question, "anyone have any experience?.."? This is not a question on any of the topic of this forum, and this is not what can help you.
Your concern about ASP.NET is unclear. It sound very close to the question "how to use ASP.NET", but your " I have a very simple ASP.NET project I developed" suggests that you know how to use it. The whole idea behind ASP.NET is "to render on a Website". So, what's the problem? "Site to bring it up on the web" means properly configured hosting, with the HTTP server which supports CLR and ASP.NET. If you haven't done this before, I cannot understand your "I developed"...
—SA

Tipton Tyler 29-Dec-15 16:34pm

Well, using Visual Studio and IIS, I can render the project on LocalHost on my computer. I would like to be able to render it on my Web Host, ATT WebHost, server and access it over the net. This has not been as easy as rendering it on my browser using LocalHost and was asking if anyone has had any similar experience in getting an ASP.NET project to render on a web hosting site.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 29-Dec-15 16:43pm

That said, if your application works only on localhost, you don't really have an ASP.NET application, you only have the illusion of such application. A legitimate and correct Web application should deploy to appropriate host and work immediately. However... wait a minute... How do you know that ATT WebHost support ASP.NET? But I checked up the feature set and found ASP.NET. You need to address to customer service and ask about support.
So, the question, anyway, is reduced to the problem "how to do ASP.NET" development.
—SA

Sinisa Hajnal 30-Dec-15 4:03am

You have to check your host documentation on how to setup your app. Commonly, you have some kind of admin dashboard where you can define your app URL (within limitations imposed by the host) setup folders, databases etc...
Check with their support - but this time, ask how to deploy your asp.net web app on their server. Read the docs first so you can say you tried what they advise and it didn't work (or you might get it immediately right and solve your problem).

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Tipton Tyler · Accepted Answer · 2016-01-05T07:49:00

I solved the problem by dropping my web hosting provider and signing up with myWindowsHosting. The previous provider provided no useful technical help while myWindowsHosting not only provided a useful users manual but also provided prompt good technical responses. One thing I did learn from their responses that might be helpful to individuals with a similar problem of getting an .aspx file to render as a "Home" page is that order in the file manager que is important, at least on this web hosting site, i.e. the file on the top level of the que is selected by the server as the default file.