.net 4.0 + IIS 7 + visual studio 2010, how to publish web application project to IIS?

Dev Environment: .Net 4.0 + IIS 7 + visual studio 2010 + win 7

经历：

1. 在visual studio 2010里create web application project: select menu "File > New > Project...", select "Visual c# > Web > ASP.NET Web Application"

2. run it in debug mode, it works fine with a random port. 应该是visual studio里有一个内置的iis server.

3. 现在想把该web app放到production IIS上。我天真地以为把整个project folder copy到wwwroot目录下就OK了，但其实不行。需要在IIS Manager里创建一个application, 然后再把project里的东东复制到该application指向的physical path里。具体做法是：

step 1. Open IIS Manager. click start button, and then right click "Computer", select "Manage". And access "Services and Applications > IIS" node

step 2 right click web site node (e.g. "Default Web site"), select "Add Application...". (注意：若选"Add Virtual Directory"是不行的！）

step 3 input"Alias", select ASP.NET 4.0 as Application Pool, and set "Physical Path" to 你将放置web app东东的path，click OK. 

     注意：如果把Physical Path直接指向visual studio project folder path，则可能会出现下列错误。这应该是由于project folder permission导致的。具体参看http://support.microsoft.com/kb/942055

Server Error in Application "application name"
HTTP Error 500.19 – Internal Server Error 
HRESULT: 0x80070005
Description of HRESULT
The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration data for the page is invalid.

step 4 把web app的所有东东复制到step 3设置的"Physical Path" 里即可。

另外还有一个办法是直接在visual studio里直接publish web app to IIS，参看下面文章的Approach 2

http://www.shubho.net/2011/01/quick-deployment-of-aspnet-applications.html