ASP.NET 3.5 For Dummies®

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:

1. Navigate to www.asp.net.

2. In the Search box (look for a spyglass), search for the words Starter Kits.

3. 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:

1. Using Windows Explorer, locate smallbusiness.vsi in the temporary folder where you downloaded it.

2. 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.

   

3. In Visual Web Developer, start a new Web site ...