17.2. Preparing a Site for Membership
ASP.NET's Membership makes it easy to add logins and security to any site. Instead of building a demonstration Web site from scratch, you build Membership features onto a site that the Microsoft's ASP.NET team offers as a free download.
17.2.1. Obtaining the Small Business Starter Kit
Microsoft created the Small Business Starter Kit as a sample site for promoting a small business. The license terms allow you to download and alter it to suit your needs. Links change frequently, so here's the most reliable way to obtain a copy:
Navigate to www.asp.net.
In the Search box (look for a spyglass), search for the words Starter Kits.
From the results, locate the link to download the Small Business Starter Kit and download smallbusiness.vsi to a temporary directory.
If you can't find the downloadable file, check on this book's Web site for a link or a copy.
17.2.2. Installing the Small Business Starter Kit
The smallbusiness.vsi file is easy to install by using Windows Explorer. Here are the installation steps:
Using Windows Explorer, locate smallbusiness.vsi in the temporary folder where you downloaded it.
Double-click s mallbusiness.vsi and follow the prompts to install the VB version of the Small Business Starter Kit (see Figure 17-1).
Figure 17-1. Install the VB version of the Small Business Starter Kit.
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