.asp pages on a linux based server?

[gtgeorge]

We have a new customer that is currently on a windows server and their pages are .asp. They seem to be basic pages whereas it looks like the extention can be changed to .html and they appear fine.

Question is, can a linux box render the pages using the extention .asp by using a mime type or another way? Or would we be better off changing all the pages over to .php or .html?

[kmaw]

No, you'd have to them to a supported extension. There are things you can install like chilisoft, but they're a pain from what I understand... especially if the pages will probably work anyways by easily changing the extension.

[slapshotw]

Gtgeorge--there's an important issue you need to be clear about. Are these pages only HTML code with .asp extensions, or do they have asp.net code in them?

[gtgeorge]

No, you'd have to them to a supported extension. There are things you can install like chilisoft, but they're a pain from what I understand... especially if the pages will probably work anyways by easily changing the extension.

Yeah I think everything will work just changing the extensions. Sure hope so anyway, but won't know for sure till we get the username and pass to look everything over. Kindda wanted to keep everything the same if possible since they are listed in search engines etc.

[gtgeorge]

Originally Posted by slapshotw

Gtgeorge--there's an important issue you need to be clear about. Are these pages only HTML code with .asp extensions, or do they have asp.net code in them?

I think they are .asp only as they were designed in 2003 I believe. How can I tell?

[kmaw]

Look and see if there are any <% %> tags in it.

[Serra]

It depends on the complexity, but must of the <% %> tags could be converted to PHP. If the programming is really complex, it would be painful, but PHP can replace most of the simple asp stuff.

[deepsignal]

I uploaded my company website to a sub domain to see what would happnen and the pages that end with .asp render as plain text that looks like this:

<%@ Language=VBScript %>
<!--#include file="xmlmodule.asp"-->
<!--#include file="company_header.html"-->
<!--#include file="contact_left.html"-->
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript" src="utility.js"></SCRIPT>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="javascript">
function Validate()
{
if (trimAll(ContactUs.FullName.value) == "")
{
alert('Please enter your Full Name!');
ContactUs.FullName.focus();
return false;
.....

Not working at all. It does need asp.net installed.

[gtgeorge]

Originally Posted by deepsignal

I uploaded my company website to a sub domain to see what would happnen and the pages that end with .asp render as plain text that looks like this:

Not working at all. It does need asp.net installed.

Nope .asp pages will not render without help. Seems chilisoft aka Sun Micro ASP allows asp pages to be run an many different secure platforms. No asp.net options though.

HG offers it on a special shared server for those that need it and we considered installing it on our dedicated, but it seems the site we are moving is basic html pages using the .asp extention so we are going to convert them :

[slapshotw]

I didn't bother with chilisoft, it didn't seem reliable enough for me. We also went with MSSQL for our asp.net app, so chilisoft wouldn't have worked anyway. I ended up getting a dedicated windows server with another host. They're not hostgator but it's been fine.

[charlesgan]

Originally Posted by gtgeorge

We have a new customer that is currently on a windows server and their pages are .asp. They seem to be basic pages whereas it looks like the extention can be changed to .html and they appear fine.

Question is, can a linux box render the pages using the extention .asp by using a mime type or another way? Or would we be better off changing all the pages over to .php or .html?

worry no more on the conversion.
hostgator shared hosting does support ASP.
refer to swamp plan and its using the chilisoft asp, not asp.net.

so, this mean your hosting here can run asp and php.