How to fix embedded code blocks showing as plaintext

spuser15 20

I am having trouble creating an ASP.NET Web Form because when I visit my website in Chrome, the entire website's code just shows up as plaintext, and in IE it is not much better. I think this is caused by the embedded code block (<% %>) at the top not running at all, but in the Design View in VS it shows up just fine. How do I make my web page display properly?

Albert Kallal 4,651 Reputation points

2023-06-04T00:16:40.5133333+00:00

this is difficult to guess without more details. I would assume when you build + run this site local from Visual Studio, then it looks all fine and correct? But then after publishing to the web hosting, then none of the code works?

This suggests that the web server in question is not setup correctly to run your published web site.

But, I think some more details would be required. So, do keep in mind that the web server you publish to must be setup to run the particular framework and system you used to develop the web site with.

So, just like I can't take some software written for a Android phone, and then run it on a iOS apple phone?

How a web server works is much the same. The software, the type of web server, the required frameworks etc.? They all have to match up correctly, and if not, then your code behind and web site will not work nor run correctly on that web server.

So for example, to publish and run a asp.net "framework" web site application? (not .net core)? Then the web server has to be a windows web server, and must have the IIS web server setup, and same goes for any database code etc. If you web site supports only MySQL, and you built your application with SQL server, then that web hosting provider can't be used (you have to choose a different plan, or find another vendor that supports windows computers as opposed to a web hosting plan that runs the Linux OS.

All these issues are VERY much beyond a simple answer in a Q+A forum like this.

However, for a starting point?

Do the web pages work correctly on your development computer when run from Visual Studio? (no use trying to publish if local development don't work).

Next up, what kind of web site and application did you create in Visual Studio, and does the web hosting server support such types of projects?

Is this .net framework, or .net core?

So, there are boatloads of information required here beyond say some web page does not seem to work here.

First step would be what kind of project is this, and do the pages work correctly when run on your development computer.
QiYou-MSFT 4,306 Reputation points Microsoft Vendor

2023-06-05T05:38:32.9633333+00:00

Hi @spuser15

Since you gave too few details, we couldn't reproduce the problem. There are many reasons for this problem, but it is still necessary to analyze it further depending on your situation.

Best Regards

Qi You

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spuser15 20 Reputation points

2023-06-05T17:06:34.71+00:00

Nevermind, I figured out that my hosting provider uses Linux servers and therefore makes it impossible to host ASP.NET content. Thank you for your help.
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Albert Kallal 4,651 Reputation points

2023-06-05T21:40:30.84+00:00

For asp.net framework, yes you require a windows hosting plan, and one that is running IIS. For Linux? You can run asp.net web sites, but only ones built around .net core, not ones built using .net framework. So, .net core web sites can run on such servers, but not .net framework projects.
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