aspx page wants to download not open

[fperri]

I have a site where the default.aspx (or otherwise index page) works fine. But any of the links to the other aspx pages, don't open the page but instead display a pop up box asking if you want to save or download.

I have searched everywhere and can't find an answer to this question. Any help is appreciated.

[kenobewan]

What do you have on the other pages that might cause them to download? Can you navigate to these pages directly or do you have a setting to download pages for links?

[Frinavale]

I have a site where the default.aspx (or otherwise index page) works fine. But any of the links to the other aspx pages, don't open the page but instead display a pop up box asking if you want to save or download.

I have searched everywhere and can't find an answer to this question. Any help is appreciated.

This sounds like the web server that you are hosting the website on isn't configured properly. I think this sort of thing happens when your server's not set up to use ASP pages....it just treats it as a file instead of as a request to service a page.

Check your web server (IIS?) settings to make sure that your web site is configured to use ASP.

-Frinny

[fperri]

This sounds like the web server that you are hosting the website on isn't configured properly. I think this sort of thing happens when your server's not set up to use ASP pages....it just treats it as a file instead of as a request to service a page.

Check your web server (IIS?) settings to make sure that your web site is configured to use ASP.

-Frinny

Ok, just bear with me for a minute.....

I read the information file on our host before I started trying to move the site over, it listed what names it will recognize as a home page (i.e. index.html, index.htm) it didn't list ASPX.

But I tried it anyways, deleated all the old HTML files and moved all the aspx files over. It just took me to the root directory in the browser when I only had the default.aspx file and all the other aspx files in there.

So........and this is probably bad - but I created a blank index.html page that in one second, redirects you to the aspx page.

And that loaded in the browser fine, but......the links off of the default.aspx page, or otherwise new home page were wanting to download and not display.

After I posted this question, I changed them to regular HTML links and now the entire code that is in the narrative.aspx page is displaying in the browser without applying the template.......

[Frinavale]

Ok, just bear with me for a minute.....

I read the information file on our host before I started trying to move the site over, it listed what names it will recognize as a home page (i.e. index.html, index.htm) it didn't list ASPX.

But I tried it anyways, deleated all the old HTML files and moved all the aspx files over. It just took me to the root directory in the browser when I only had the default.aspx file and all the other aspx files in there.

So........and this is probably bad - but I created a blank index.html page that in one second, redirects you to the aspx page.

And that loaded in the browser fine, but......the links off of the default.aspx page, or otherwise new home page were wanting to download and not display.

After I posted this question, I changed them to regular HTML links and now the entire code that is in the narrative.aspx page is displaying in the browser without applying the template.......

You know how you transfered the user to the Default.aspx page from your index.html page?

Try transferring the user to your links instead of displaying.

I would contact your web server provider and ask them to configure your website to use ASP.

I have a strong feeling there's a configuration problem on your web server.

-Frinny

[fperri]

Ok, Thanks Frinny.....I'm going to give them a call.

~ Francesca

[Plater]

I hope their server is IIS and not apache. (Or does apache have a module to run asp.net stuff now?)

[Frinavale]

I hope their server is IIS and not apache. (Or does apache have a module to run asp.net stuff now?)

I don't think it can.
But there is a way to run your .NET stuff in Linux using Mono

[fperri]

They ended up telling me that their server was a Linux server and doesn't support ASP, so I had to redo the site in HTML.....sucked.