Create a new directory on your web server that contains all the code that has been unzipped from GPV Website Code v#.# (Complete) – note make sure that you have the complete version and not the update version
Go into the properties for the web.config file and uncheck Read Only.
Open the web.config and make the following edits. For more information on this file see the Web.config Settings page:
Edit the appSettings section
Enter a value for the AdminEmail setting
Enter a value for the AdminPassword setting (this password enable the running of special administrative functions on the site)
Enter a value for the * ConfigTablePrefix if you changed the prefix when setting up your tables above
Enter values for FullExtent. These values will most likely be the Min and Max X, Y coordinates for your community. Add ±1000 to your coordinates so that your area is appropriately displayed in your GPV when zoomed to full extent. This can be edited later if needed.
Enter a value for the MapUnits setting
Edit the connectionStrings section. If you are using SQL you can delete the two commented out lines that refer to Oracle databases. Set up your SQL Database connection in the commented in line following the commented out example in the code
Data Source - Change this to the Name or IP address of the server that is hosting your GPV databases
Initial Catalog - Set this to the name of your database
User ID - Enter a SQL user ID that has read/write access to this database
Password - Enter the password that accompanies the above user ID
Save your changes to the web.config.
Open IIS
If you are running websites in .NET 1.0 and .NET 2.0 set up a new Application pool. New -> Application Pool named AspNet2Pool, Use existing application pool as template -> DefaultAppPool
Create a virtual directory for your GPV site in IIS
Set the site name for your GPV site
Set the site path to where your GPV web files are located
Read should be checked already for permissions. Check Run Scripts too.
Set the site to your AppPool that runs .NET 2.0 sites
On the ASP.NET tab make sure that the site is set to run version 2.0
Make sure that your search page is set to Default.aspx.