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ASP.NET Web Matrix provides you access to remote, hosted instances of your Web application files via the File Transport Protocol (FTP). You can open, edit and publish remote files from within The ASP.NET Web Matrix.

In this walkthrough, you will add a new FTP connection so you can modify a hosted ASP.NET page.

  1. Choose Add FTP Connection from the Workspace menu. 
  2. FTP Via Workspace Menu
  3. You will see the New FTP Connection dialog box appear.

    New FTP Connection Dialog

  4. Type an FTP site in the FTP Site box.

     
  5. Type an FTP port in the Port box. The default Port is 21.

     
  6. Type an FTP site user name in the User Name box.

     
  7. Type an FTP site password in the Password box.

     
  8. Type a valid, fully qualified Web site URL in the Web URL box. This should be the URL of the remote server's web address location -- and will be used by ASP.NET Web Matrix to resolve running pages.

     
  9. Click OK

     
  10. You will see a new node in the Workspace tab of the Workspace window that represents the root directory of the URL you specified in the New FTP Connection dialog box. Any child nodes represent sub-folders off of the root directory.

     

    New Workspace Node

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