Please see this Knowledge Base article first, as its related to obtaining a copy of your Publish Profile and importing it into WebMatrix. Also, to use Web Deploy, you must enable access to the primary user for IIS Manager.
Here are the steps to publish web application using Web Deploy feature in WebMatrix:
- Click the lower portion of the Publish button, then click Settings
- Select Web Deploy from the Protocol drop down menu
- Server Name: https://webserver.gonewithewind.com:8172/MsDeploy.axd (Replace webserver with the actual server name, for example; sknet138)
- Username: the username you had created it from your DotNetPanel, refer to this article
- Password: the password you had created it from your DotNetPanel, refer to this article
- Site Name: the path you want the application uploaded to. For Example: “domain-name.com” or “domain-name.com/SUBDIRECTORY” Do NOT include http://www in this field
- Destination URL: make sure this is in proper URL format. For Example: http://www.domain-name.com or http://www.domain-name.com/subdirectory
