Creating a Web Site or an FTP Site

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 with SP1

IIS creates a default Web site on your computer during installation. You can use the LocalDrive:\Inetpub\Wwwroot directory to publish your Web content, or you can create any directory or virtual directory you choose. Because the FTP service is not installed by default, you must first install and start the File Transfer Protocol (FTP) service to create an FTP site.

Creating a Web or FTP site by using IIS Manager does not create content but merely creates a directory structure and configuration files from which to publish the content. For information about creating Web sites and FTP sites, and installing FTP services, see Creating Web or FTP Sites.

For more information about configuring Web and FTP sites, see Configuring Internet Sites and Services, Web Site Setup and FTP Site Setup.