Use the following instructions to connect to your IIS website on ECN-PRODIIS.ecn.purdue.edu
To access the servers file storage for IIS for your production website you will need to map a network drive to the following path:
\\ecn-prodiis.ecn.purdue.edu\web\sitename
You will need to be on the Purdue network OR be on the VPN to connect to the server.
The website for the webpage to access is:
Your production webpage that is hosted on ecn-prodiis.ecn.purdue.edu:
https://sitename.ecn.purdue.edu/ or if your site is a subfolder of the root website:
https://ecn-prodiis.ecn.purdue.edu/websitename
(Please note if this is a new webpage you will see a 403 - Forbidden error on the page UNTIL you put an index page in the root folder of the website)
You can connect to the website in Visual Studio and access the database from Visual Studio as well:
Opening the Website in Visual Studio:
Open Visual Studio from the start menu and then go to:
File->Open Web Site
When the new folder browser window opens, select the network drive that you just mapped to open the website.
Once the website is open, you can edit it and make new files through Visual Studio, if you would like to make sub-folders, you can make them either through Visual Studio or through Windows Explorer by opening the mapped network drive.
Please Contact Us with any issues that you may have with regard to your website.