MVC 4 deployed to IIS 8 Page can't be Displayed

Question

I am trying to deploy a MVC 4 application to IIS 8 on Windows Server 2012. I am copying the files to the server by using Publish > File System. I have created a new web site in IIS on the server, pointed this to the correct directory, but when trying to view the site I see ' This page can't be displayed '.

I have never deployed an MVC application before, so may have missed something very simple.

After spending a lot of time searching on the Web, I have:

• Ensured the correct version of .NET (4.0) is installed, and is selected within a new Application Pool created specifically for my app
• Disabled Directory Browsing
• Ensured the System.Web.MVC.dll is copied into the Bin folder
• Added the following to web.config:

Below:

 <modules>
     <remove name="UrlRoutingModule-4.0" />
     <add name="UrlRoutingModule-4.0" type="System.Web.Routing.UrlRoutingModule" preCondition="managedHandler" />
</modules>

I am very grateful for any help or suggestions!

Martin

Answer 1

Oh dear...it looks like the problem was caused by my using Port 110 in the web site bindings. I think this is a reserved Port.

Hope some of the bullets above help someone else anyway.