ASP & ASP.NET

503 The service is unavailable
The 503 error is often caused by a crash in your application pool or insufficient resources – restart the pool or upgrade your hosting package.
Absolute path to folders
The absolute path to your root folder is d:\web\localuser\yourdomain\, and to public_html d:\web\localuser\yourdomain\public_html\, or obtain it via Server.MapPath().
ASP components
We provide ASP components such as ASPTear, w3 JMail, w3 Sockets, aspSmartUpload and Persits tools such as AspUpload, AspXUpload, AspJpeg, AspPDF and ASPEmail.
Connecting to MySQL with .NET Connector
How to connect to MySQL from .NET using MySQL Connector with example code.
Connection to MS Access with ASP
How to create an ADO connection to an Access database in ASP with Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0.
Connection to MSSQL with .NET
How to create a connection to an MSSQL database in .NET using a connectionString in web.config.
Connection to MySQL with ASP
How to create a MySQL connection in ASP with an ADO connection string and select the OPTION value
Custom error pages
On ASP webhosting you can configure your own error pages through the web.config file or the IIS manager.
Deploy .NET with Self-contained deployment (SCD)
Guide to publishing a .NET app on Simply.com: select Web Deploy, set Deployment Mode to Self-contained and Target Runtime to win‑x86.
Error: SELECT command denied to user 'user'@'x' for table 'proc'
The error is caused by the MySQL driver’s access to the system table proc; add “Use Procedure Bodies=false” to the connection string to fix it.
IIS Manager
IIS Manager provides graphical control, login, error fixing, pool recycling and folder conversion.
Multiple ASP.NET Core / 5+ apps on the same web hosting
Switch to OutOfProcess hosting in the csproj file or web.config, so you can run multiple ASP.NET Core/5+ apps on the same webhosting.
Send mail with JMail component
How to send email with JMail via websmtp.simply.com in classic ASP.
Setting up and changing MIME types
How to change MIME types on your server via web.config or IIS‑Manager
SQL Express
We do not support SQL Express on our servers, but MS SQL Server is included in Standard, Pro and Enterprise.
Web Deploy 3.6+
How to use Web Deploy 3.6+ on our Windows servers: URL, server, site, username and password.
What should my homepage be called?
Your homepage must be named one of the specified files, e.g. default.aspx or index.html; the priority follows the given order.
What type of server does ASP run on?
ASP runs on Windows servers, so you get access to Access databases, ASP components and ASP.NET on all our ASP hosting plans.
Which .NET versions do we support?
We support all .NET versions up to 4.8 and can run newer versions and .NET Core via Self‑Contained Deployment.
Write access to folders and files
All files and folders on our ASP(.NET) webhosting have full write access, so you don’t need to adjust permissions, CHMOD doesn’t work on Windows.

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  1. ASP components
  2. IIS Manager
  3. What type of server does ASP run on?
  4. Connection to MySQL with ASP
  5. Deploy .NET with Self-contained deployment (SCD)
  6. Connection to MS Access with ASP
  7. What should my homepage be called?