What is Web Site Administration Tool ?

• WAT Allow you to Configure Web Site With Simple Interface – Manage Users – Manage Roles– Manage Access Rules– SMTP Settings– Generate Database (ASPNetDB.mdf)– Debug and Trace – Error Page– Application Settings

How Can I Get It ?

• Easy To Open and Start – Web Site Menu >> And Choose :

• ASP.Net Configuration

– OR in Solution Explorer Window Click on This Button

Home Tab

• Just Navigation Menu to other tabs

Security Tab

• Choose Authentication Type• set up and edit users• Cerate & Manage roles• Set access permissions (Access Rules )

– Authorization

• Allow User ,Role • deny Other

First Step Click Highlight Link

Select authentication type

– Choose From The internet authentication type and Press Done

Come Back Automatically

• Now You Can create and Manage User

Create User

• Fill Your Data and Press Create User

Welcome Member

• Press Continue To Create New User • Or Press Back To Return to Security Tab again

Create Roles

• If You Press Back Will Find this ::– Press Enable Roles To Enable and Create

Enable Roles

• Press Highlight Below To Create

Create Roles

• Enter Role Name and Press Add Role • Repeat Step if You Need More Or Press Back To Finish

Back To Web.Config

• Without Closing Window Switch To Web.Config – Will See this ! Agree Press Yes to All

• Remember that you will See above Dialog Every time you Modify Something in WAT

• Did you Notes Additional information Like This :

<roleManager enabled="true" />

Access Rules

• In other Name Call Authorization – Access Permission– Press Create Access Rules

• Allow/Deny

Allow / Deny

• Admin directory – Allow Administrator Role and Deny Users

Manage Rules

• After Press Ok Press Manage Access Rules– Notes Who is Allowed and Denied !– Who is Allowed and Denied !

Web.Config Again

• In This Case not top root but in Subfolder (Admin)• Dynamically another web.config Created inside

– If you can’t see it in Admin Folder Make a refresh– You will get it’s Content Like This

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>

<configuration>

<system.web>

<authorization>

<allow roles="Adminstrator" />

<deny users="*" />

</authorization>

</system.web>

</configuration>

Application Tab

• Application Settings • SMTP Settings (Mail) • Application Status • Debugging and Tracing • Define Error Page

Take a Look

Application Settings

• After Press Create Application Settings Enter Your Data – When you Finished Press Save

Add another

• Want to add another key an value Press Add another• Press Ok to return to Application Tab

• Switch to Web.Conifg to See this <appSettings>

<add key="Your" value="SomeValue" />

</appSettings>

Manage Application Settings

• Edit Or Delete – Press Back to return to Parent tab

SMTP Settings

• Press Configure SMTP E-Mail Settings – SMTP = Simple Mail Transfer Protocol

• SMTP responsible For Sending Not receiving

Don’t Forget Web.Config

• After You Can Press OK• Again Switch to Web.Config Will Find Following::• <system.net>

• <mailSettings>

• <smtp from="info@yoursite.com">

• <network host="smtp.yoursite.com" password="xxxxxxx"

userName="admin" />

• </smtp>

• </mailSettings>

• </system.net>

Note :

WAT (Website Adminstration Tool ) Just User interface to Web.Config

Application Status

• Online When Publishing • Offline When Repairing

Taking Applications Offline

• Related with <httpRuntime> • Take an applications Offline will generated This Code in

Web.Config :<system. Web>

<httpRuntime enable="False" />

</system. Web>

• Your Web applications Can’t be Started – Get Error : HTTP 404 (The Resource Can’t be Found )

Debugging and tracing

Debug

Some Details

• Enable debugging ::Check it When Maintain Website– Uncheck :: when Deploy .

• Capture tracing information ::Check it to see More info• Display tracing information on individual pages :: Don’t

check it (will show trace details With Controls in Page )– Uncheck :: show trace in Own Page (trace.axd) type it manually

• Display trace output for ::• Local requests only :: it’s Ok ( only You )• All requests :: Don’t Do this (All user will See it )

• Select the sort order for trace results:: As You Want• Number of trace requests to cache :: Not More• Select which trace results to cache: AS you Want

Default Error Page

• Just Choose Error Page and Press Save

Debug ,Trace , Error PageWeb.Config

• Switch To Web.Config to See the Following :-

<system.web>

<customErrors defaultRedirect="~/ErrorPages/DefaultErrorPage.aspx" />

<trace enabled="true" mostRecent="true" />

<compilation debug="true">

<system.web>

Provider Tab

• Two Choice (all in One Or Different for Each )

Single Provider for All

• Select a single provider for all site management data – One Database For All :

• Membership , Roles, Personalization , Profile

• Make a refresh to See Database in App_Data Folder

Different Providers For Each

• Define One for Membership and One For Roles

Membership in Web.config

• Feel free to return To Part 1,2 will Find Here

http://www.ahmedmoosa.wordpress.com• Custom Membership:: use another Database • Find the way in Part 2 • Don’t forget To Open Generated Database in Solution

Explorer (ASPDB.mdf )

Final Word Help

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