Choose Location Dialog Box

The Choose Location dialog box lets you specify the type of Web site that you want to create and its location. You can create a Web site on your file system, on your local computer's Internet Information Services (IIS) or IIS Express Web servers, on an FTP server, or on a remote computer running IIS.

To access this dialog box

1. In Visual Web Developer, on the File menu, click New Web Site (or on the File menu, click New and then click Web Site).

2. In the New Web Site dialog box, click Browse.

   The Choose Location dialog box opens.

The Choose Location dialog box has four panels: File System, Local IIS, FTP Site, and Remote Site. Special icons in the upper right corner let you accomplish tasks specific to the panel that you choose.

UI Elements

• File System
  Lets you create or open a file system Web site.

  For more information, see File System Tab, Choose Location/Open Web Site Dialog Box.

• Local IIS
  Lets you create or open a Web site on IIS Express or your local copy of IIS.

  For more information, see Local IIS Tab, Choose Location/Open Web Site Dialog Box.

• FTP Site
  Lets you open a Web site running on an FTP server, either locally or on a remote server.

  For more information, see FTP Site Tab, Choose Location/Open Web Site Dialog Box.

• Remote Site
  Lets you create or open a Web site on a different computer running IIS.

  For more information, see Remote Site Tab, Choose Location/Open Web Site Dialog Box.

See Also

File System Web Site Projects
How to: Create File System Web Site Projects
Walkthrough: Creating a Basic Web Forms Page in Visual Studio
Local IIS Web Site Projects
Walkthrough: Creating a Local IIS Web Site in Visual Studio
FTP-Deployed Web Site Projects
How to: Open Web Site Projects Using FTP
Walkthrough: Editing Web Sites with FTP in Visual Studio
Remote IIS Web Site Projects