Creating Virtual Directories

To create a virtual directory within a website:

1. Go to Websites & Domains and find the website’s domain name.

2. Click Virtual Directories. You are in your web site root now.

3. Navigate to the directory in which you want to create a virtual
   directory.

4. Click Create Virtual Directory.

   

   Note: To create a physical directory instead of virtual directory, click
   Create Directory, specify the name of the directory and click
   OK.

5. Specify the required parameters:

   • Name - specify the virtual directory name.

   • Path - specify the virtual directory path:

     • Select the Create physical directory with the same name as
       virtual directory checkbox to automatically create a physical
       directory with the same name as the virtual directory you are
       creating.
     • Clear the Create physical directory with the same name as
       virtual directory checkbox and specify the path in the field
       to select a physical directory that already exists.

   • Script source access - select this checkbox to allow users to
     access source code if either Read or Write permissions are set.
     Source code includes scripts in ASP applications.

   • Read permission - select this checkbox to allow users to read
     files or directories and their associated properties.

   • Write permission - select this checkbox to allow users to
     upload files and their associated properties to the virtual
     directory or to change content in a write-enabled file. Write
     access is allowed only if browser supports the PUT feature of the
     HTTP 1.1 protocol.

   • Directory browsing - select this checkbox to allow users to
     see a hypertext listing of the files and subdirectories in the
     virtual directory.

   • Log visits - select this checkbox if you want to store the
     information about visits of the virtual directory.

   • Create application - select this checkbox to make the
     directory an IIS application. The directory becomes logically
     independent from the rest of the website.

   • Execute permissions…