Creating a Simple Page

In the following Try It Out, you create a simple Web page. In the sample application dealt with in this and the next chapter, a simple Event Web site will be created where attendees can register for events.

Try It Out Create a Simple Web Page

1. Create a new Web site by selecting File New Web Site with Visual Studio, as shown in Figure 18-2. Select Visual C# as the programming language, and set the Location combo box to File System. With the location, selecting HTTP means the IIS is used and a virtual directory is created. Name the Web site EventRegistrationWeb.

   

   Figure 18-2

2. After having created the Web site, the file default.aspx is opened in the editor. Switch to the design view by clicking the Design button in the lower-left corner of the editor.