If you want to publish your site with Web Deploy in Visual Studio or any other software that supports it please follow the instructions below:
- Login to your hosting control panel.
- Click Web Sites.
- Click the web site name you are working with.
- Click Web Publishing.
- Enter a username and password and click Enable.
- Click the text link "Download Publishing Profile for this web site" and save the file to your computer.
- Load up Visual Studio on your computer and go to your application/website or create a new one if needed.
- Go to the publishing settings for the project (Build > Publish).
- Click Start
- Click to Import Profile.
- Navigate to and select the publishing text file you downloaded above on your computer.
- Your Web Deploy publishing settings are now automatically filled in and you can publish your web site.
