Asp

[Tai]

I'm editting a website which is written in asp (I've not used it before), can anyone tell me what the main differences are?

More importantly, I've downloaded all the files from the server so I can work on it locally and tried uploading it to my personal ftp to use as a test site, but it became apparent I need to set something up first in order for it to work, as atm the pages just display as if I were reading them in notepad?

/noob

 

[Far]

why the hell are you using ASP? Its Microsofts version of PHP as it were. Instead of using MySQL it uses SQL Server. Primarily used for very large websites which hold databases much larger than what MySQL could handle, and is closed source (no where near as many support guides for it)

I did one of my final year projects on studying this.

So in answer to your question, unless your host uses SQL Server, you aint going no where fast. That is if you're even connecting it to a database?

Stick to PHP, unless you have some special requirement for it?

 

[Hany]

I'm editting a website which is written in asp (I've not used it before), can anyone tell me what the main differences are?

More importantly, I've downloaded all the files from the server so I can work on it locally and tried uploading it to my personal ftp to use as a test site, but it became apparent I need to set something up first in order for it to work, as atm the pages just display as if I were reading them in notepad?

/noob

lol you'd need a webserver, dl apache http://apache.org/ then add asp mod into apache

i dunno the link to the latest asp mod google it im sure ull find it

then u can browse ur site, but u can do it off visual studio aswell w/o hosting it

 

[Tai]

ah ok thanks, i'll just use the existing server then rather than test it locally

No idea why it's in asp then Fartpit, the guy who made it is a bit of an idiot from what I can tell. It's a pretty small site as well.

 

[Koriban]

ah ok thanks, i'll just use the existing server then rather than test it locally

No idea why it's in asp then Fartpit, the guy who made it is a bit of an idiot from what I can tell. It's a pretty small site as well.

MASSIVE idiot in that case =/

What you planning on any how? anything coolsies?

 

[Tai]

Oh it's just work stuff one of our sister sites

 

[JealY]

ah ok thanks, i'll just use the existing server then rather than test it locally

No idea why it's in asp then Fartpit, the guy who made it is a bit of an idiot from what I can tell. It's a pretty small site as well.

You'd might want to consider re-writing it in PHP.

 

[Breezer]

You'd might want to consider re-writing it in PHP.

Agreed.

 

[Tai]

Surely a lot of effort if it already works as is

 

[Koriban]

Surely a lot of effort if it already works as is

Perhaps, but in future it will save you A LOT of effort when you want to manage things on it, better in long run I guess.