StoreFront 5.0 Manual - StoreFront Support - LaGarde, Inc.
StoreFront 5.0 Manual - StoreFront Support - LaGarde, Inc.
StoreFront 5.0 Manual - StoreFront Support - LaGarde, Inc.
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<strong>StoreFront</strong> <strong>5.0</strong><br />
Creating a Local <strong>StoreFront</strong> Web or Adding<br />
<strong>StoreFront</strong> to a Local Web<br />
There are many advantages to developing a <strong>StoreFront</strong> web locally. Because the site is hosted<br />
on the machine you use for development, Internet connectivity and the reliability of another<br />
server is never an issue. You also have complete control over the web and the environment it<br />
runs in.<br />
<strong>StoreFront</strong> can be developed and tested locally to a limited extent, but it is designed to be run<br />
on a live IIS server. Because of this, certain aspects of a <strong>StoreFront</strong> web cannot be tested on a<br />
local machine running the Microsoft Personal Web Server. However, basic development and<br />
design can be performed locally after you have configured your desktop PC to support<br />
<strong>StoreFront</strong>. Read the following sections for more information about creating a local <strong>StoreFront</strong><br />
web and about each of the tasks you must perform to develop a site locally.<br />
INSTALLING A PERSONAL WEB SERVER<br />
Before you can begin building a local <strong>StoreFront</strong> web, you must configure your desktop PC to<br />
act as a web server. The easiest way to do this without installing a server OS is to install the<br />
Microsoft Personal Web Server.<br />
Users of Windows 98 can find a Personal Web Server on the Windows 98 CD under (your CD-<br />
ROM Drive):\ADDONS\PWS\. Double click the Setup.exe file to begin the installation.<br />
Users of Windows 95 and NT 4.0 can install a Personal Web Server in the form of NT Option<br />
Pack 4, which can be downloaded from this URL: www.microsoft.com/ntworkstation/downloads/recommended/ServicePacks/NT4OptPk/Default.asp<br />
Users of Windows 2000 can install the Personal Web Server in the form of IIS <strong>5.0</strong>. Simply<br />
insert your Windows 2000 CD in your CD-ROM drive and select Install Addon Components.<br />
Select Internet Information Services and click Next to start the installation.<br />
Users of Windows Millennium Edition: the Personal Web Server is neither included nor<br />
supported on Windows Millennium Edition. For this reason, it may be necessary for Windows<br />
ME users to test and design their <strong>StoreFront</strong> sites live on a remote server. Microsoft does<br />
indicate that it is still possible to install Personal Web Server on Windows ME. Please refer to<br />
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q266/4/56.ASP for more information.<br />
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