Hello,

I am trying to host a website for a friend, but their site is mostly .asp files. He gave me all his files and I uploaded them to my host. But when I go to the index.asp page, it only shows the source code of the page. It does not display the website. Why is this happening? I am using Firefox.

Thank You

It sounds like you are trying to host ASP on a server that does not support ASP.

Is your server Windows or Linux?

It sounds like you are trying to host ASP on a server that does not support ASP.

Is your server Windows or Linux?

Ahhh, well this is the problem. That is weird, what are the advantages of having a website built as an .asp?

same as building it in .php, dynamic pages, modularity ...

First of all who is your host? Having them not supporting .asp is wierd to me..

First of all who is your host? Having them not supporting .asp is wierd to me..

Not overly weird. Only Windows hosts can support ASP properly, which is less than half of the hosting provider market.

Well something like Chilisoft ASP, Allows for asp scripts in a linux environment to run. Not to mention a lot of others that do the same thing. Perfectly fine IMo

Hello,

You could also check the Mono Project if you would like to host ASP.NET on Linux.

Regards

Hello,

You could also check the Mono Project if you would like to host ASP.NET on Linux.

Regards

Or just host it on a Windows Server where its meant to be hosted.

Well something like Chilisoft ASP, Allows for asp scripts in a linux environment to run. Not to mention a lot of others that do the same thing. Perfectly fine IMo

Since when? Chilisoft ASP was acquired by Sun, renamed to Sun ASP and EOL'd ages ago.