Deploying Sitefinity projects to private virtual server

Perform the following:

1. Create a folder in the file system of the remote server.
2. Copy your project files in the created folder.
3. Open the Internet Information Service (IIS) from the remote server.
4. In the left pane, right-click Sites » Add Web Site.
   A dialog box appears.
5. Enter a name for the site.
6. Select an application pool.
   You must select an application pool that uses ASP.NET 4.0.
7. Select the physical path to the folder, you created in Step 1.
8. Enter a port binding and click OK.
9. If your website project uses Microsoft SQL Server database, instead of Microsoft SQL Server Express, you must also migrate the SQL database to the new location.
   For more information, see Deploying Sitefinity projects to shared hosting » Step 4 to Step 7.

Deploying a project as a subsite

1. Create a folder in the file system of the remote server.
2. Copy your project files in the created folder.
3. Open the Internet Information Service (IIS) from the remote server.
4. In the left pane, expand Sites node.
5. Right-click the site of which you want to create a subsite and click Add Virtual Directory….<

   NOTE: Make sure the site you click meets the ASP.NET 4.0 requirements.

6. In the window that appears, enter an alias for the subsite.
7. Select the physical path to the folder, you created in Step 1 and click OK.
8. If your website project uses Microsoft SQL Server database, instead of Microsoft SQL Server Express, you must also migrate the SQL database to the new location.
   For more information, see Deploying Sitefinity projects to shared hosting » Step 4 to Step 7.