Step by step webmatrix website development 2: Use webmatrix (1)

The window shown in 1 is displayed when you run webmatrix for the first time.

Figure 1 window displayed when webmatrix is run for the first time

My website

Go to "my website" and you will be able to see the website you have designed.

Create a website from a Web Library

You can create a website from an open-source website system on the "Create a website from a Web Repository", such as a well-known WordPress or phpwind website. Click in. The window shown in 2 is displayed.

Figure 2 window displayed in "create a website from Web Repository"

As you can see, currently, webmatrix provides 51 types of ready-made website frameworks, including blog, CMS (Content Management System), e-commerce, forums, libraries, tools, and Wiki, it covers the current website types. If you do not want to develop your own new website, it is a good choice to easily customize your website through the Web.

Create a website from a template

As the name suggests, "create a website from template" is to create a website from the template provided by webmatrix. Clicking it will display the window shown in 3.

Figure 3 window displayed in "create a website from template"

As shown in figure 3, webmatrix provides only five templates and an empty template. There are too few templates.

Create a website from a folder

Existing or ongoing websites can be added to webmatrix through "create website from folder.

Next we will use the Web library to create an electronic website. Click "create website from Web library", select "e-commerce" in the category, and select "nopcommerce" in the list on the right ", enter "my store" in the website name and click "Next". The select database window shown in 4 is displayed.

Figure 4 select a database window

Only "SQL Server" can be selected in the window, but you can choose whether to install the database on a local computer or remote database. Without changing any options, click Next. The database Authentication mode setting window shown in Figure 5 is displayed.

Figure 5 Database Authentication Mode settings

Because "SQL Sever Express" is used locally and no SA password is set or other users are created during installation, we adopt "Windows integrated authentication ". Do not worry about the deployment because the remote database connection will be set during deployment. Click Next to see the authorization Confirmation window in Step 6.

Figure 6 Authorization Confirmation window

You can see from the window that nopcommerce needs to be downloaded from the networkProgramAnd SQL Server express 2008 R2. Click I accept. The installation window shown in 7 is displayed.

Figure 7 installation window

After the installation is complete, the installation completion window shown in Figure 8 is displayed. Click OK. The design window shown in Figure 9 is displayed.

Figure 8 Installation completion window

Figure 9 design window

In the design window, click the "run" button in the toolbar to open the installation page 10 in the browser. Because it is the first time to run, "nopcommerce" is also installed. This step is required for Websites created from Web libraries.

Figure 10 installation page

Because this is the first installation, the option is not changed. Click "Next". The database verification method selection page shown in 11 is displayed.

Figure 11 database verification method selection page

First, you must change the Database Name (SQL Server Name) to "(local)/sqlexpress". Otherwise, you cannot connect to the database and choose "use integrated windows authertication" for Windows integration certification ", click "Next". The database creation page shown in 12 is displayed.

Figure 12 database creation page

Because our database has not been created, enter "myshop" in the new database name and click "Next" to go to the administrator account setting page shown in Figure 13.

Figure 13 Administrator account settings page

The reporter administrator password is "admin" because the test is performed and no changes are made. Click Save changes to save the settings, and then click go to site to go to the homepage of the website shown in 14.

Figure 14 website homepage

So far, a website has been created, and the rest of the work is to log in with the Administrator account to adjust the website.