launching websites from microsoft webmatrix

In this case I enter the following parameters (Figure 5). This is where you enter parameters that will allow WebMatrix to create your database for you. Once DNN has been downloaded from the Web Gallery, you will be able to click the “Next” button, where you will be presented with the configuration screen. Once you accept the EULA WebMAtrix will begin downloading DNN from the Web Gallery (Figure 4) Figure 4 – Downloading DNN We are then presented with the EULA (End-User License Agreement) (Figure 3) which you will need to accept by clciking the “I Accept” button. We will keep this default and select “Next”. On startup you are presented with the following screen (Figure 1) Figure 1 – The WebMatrix Startup ScreenĪs we are intending to create a DNN site we will select “Site From Web Gallery” Clicking this link will bring up the dialog shown in Figure 2 Figure 2 – Selecting an Application from the Web GalleryĪs you can see DotNetNuke is the default selection – this is because it is the application with the highest number of downloads. Once you have downloaded and installed WebMatrix from - you will be able to launch it from your Windows Start menu.

In a future blog post I will show how you can then publish your site to the web, using Web Matrix’s publish option. In this blog post I will walk through the steps required to use WebMatrix to download and install DNN on your local machine. As I discussed in my initial blog one of the potential uses of WebMatrix is its ability to open existing Open Source applications directly from the Web Application Gallery. Earlier this week Microsoft released WebMatrix the new free lightweight web-stack for developing ASP.NET Web Applications.

Launching websites from microsoft webmatrix