ASP.NET Ajax on GoDaddy?

Does anybody know if GoDaddy has installed the ASP.NET Ajax v1.0 yet?

When Ajax was released, on the second day I emailed GoDaddy and asked, they said they have not install it yet and do not know when. I hope GoDaddy will install it soon else I have to move all five accounts off their server and go somewhere else.

*disappointed ~ would love to see the new ajax running

Aeries

From my understanding, you do not need AJAX installed on the server you will be using. Just add the Ajax dll's inside of the bin folder. I also uploaded a new AJAX project I just completed on our production server and it worked. Im 100% sure that doesnt have AJAX installed on it.

Hope this helps.

For that to work (copying to /bin), your application needs to be running under full trust. I really doubt GoDaddy allows that.

GoDaddy definitely don't allow apps to run under fulll trust - it's set to medium trust. As far as when they will install the AJAX components? The response I received from them was: "Unfortunately at this time we are unable to say when we are going to update our servers to support ATLAS. I apologize for any inconenience this may cause." I received this response on the 26th of Jan, so it's recent. (Can you believe they are still calling it ATLAS?!).

I'm starting to become seriously concerned about the adoption of ASP.NET AJAX by hosting providers. I have now tried to convince 3 different hosting providers to install it but all responses have been negative

There are some providers who do support AJAX though - DiscountASP [http://www.discountasp.net/ ] and webhost4life [http://www.webhost4life.com/ ] but I really don't want to have to choose a provider just because of this one AJAX library.

Jits

First of all,

I did try putting all the DLLs in the bin. Some functionalities work, but others do not, because of the medium trust that is set for the account(s). GoDaddy does not and will not set your account runs as full trust, because it will violate their policy; unless you buy a dedicated server from that. *That is very disappointed.*

I have searched for hosting providers who already installed AJAX, however, their price isn't as good as GoDaddy. I think I will give them a little more time.

I think if all of us keep emailing them about the AJAX (not ATLAS anymore), hopefully they will understand how important it is to install Ajax on their server for their customers who are using it.

I will shoot them another email February 1st again. I will update with you all.

Aeries

Hi,

I just would like to help!

I guess if you're looking for a nice service provider, even better than webhost4life, you should go towww.micfo.com!

They have asp .net 2 and all their plans support unlimited add on domains and I guess they have full trust security level, so you can easily use ajax on their servers...

Regards,

HRS

Okay, I dropped GoDaddy another email this morning. Here's what i wrote:

Dear GoDaddy,
I have written to you regarding this ASP.NET Ajax v1.0 last month. I did get a reply from your department; however, the problem is not resolved yet.

ASP.NET Ajax v1.0 has been fully released by Microsoft last Month 01/23/2007. It is a major role for web developers and it's something new that drives us forward.

Many people sign up with GoDaddy, because of the price and great customer supports. The most important thing is GoDaddy is very technology wise. You have all the new technologies that developers need to run their applications, like .NET 2.0 Framework, SQL, etc….

I know that you will eventually install the ASP.NET Ajax v1.0 on your Windows Hosting Servers sometimes in the future; but why not now? There are many developers who are anxious to run their new applications on your servers, including me.

Many hosting providers already support ASP.NET Ajax v1.0. We hope that you do the same for everybody who is impatiently waiting. We don't want to pack and move and you don't want us to move either.

Please let us know when ASP.NET Ajax v1.0 will be installed at www.asp.net, on your eNews page, a good place is within this thread: http://forums.asp.net/thread/1556314.aspx. You also can search for "GoDaddy" at that website to see others who have problems with GoDaddy. There are already recommendations of other providers who support ASP.NET Ajax.

Thank you again.

They replied:

Dear Xxxxxxxx

Thank you for contacting Online Support. We are not able to provide a specific date for when this will become available. It will be listed on our website when it is available. If you have any other questions or concerns, you may contact us at any time.

Please let us know if we may be of further assistance.

Sincerely,

Beth P.
Online Support Technician

It looks like they don't know when it will be. But looks at this site if you're eagering to get your Ajax website running. www.webhost4life.com. I went down their "Advance Plan" for Windows Hosting plan, and it looks like they have everything that a developer needs. .NET Mobil, SQL 2005 for FREE, .NET 3.0 ... everything. The only thing is, the price isn't as good as GoDaddy.

I might consider them if my project is done and GoDaddy hasn't install the Ajax yet.

Aeries

Reply on Wed, 7 Feb 2007

"Hello.

ASP.NET AJAX is not installed in our Windows shared hosting environment. We are currently evaluating how best to support these new libraries. By default, they require Full Trust to execute, which introduces potential security risks that must be mitigated before we can deploy AJAX support.

Thank you for contacting customer support.

Sincerely,

Mike
Customer Support"

FYI, that's untrue. ASP.NET AJAX requires only Medium Trust, which is probably what they're already running people's sites under.

I'll ping the folks here at Microsoft and make sure someone from Microsoft is talking to GoDaddy about the technical details. (I'm sure they are, and it just hasn't filtered the whole way to their support team yet.)

If it's medium trust, does that mean that the DLLs can be run from the BIN folder?

by the way, if anyone is wondering ifwww.1and1.com has ajax installed, the answer is yes. I emailed them two weeks ago and they just replied today.

Trywww.dhosting.co.uk

They've got excellent deals, have AJAX, .Net 3.0 and the support is excellent. I was reffered to them from this forum, and have been very pleased. Thanks Chris!

It's Medium Trustif the binaries are installed in the GAC.

If they're in the /bin folder, then Full Trust is required.

FYI, Microsoft folks are working with GoDaddy.

Steve,

You're the best! Cheer.

Can't wait for them to get it installed.

I have the solution for you!

Place the following dlls from C:\Program Files\Microsoft ASP.NET\ASP.NET 2.0 AJAX Extensions\v1.0.61025 into your applications bin.

AJAXExtensionsToolbox.dll
System.Web.Extensions.dll
System.Web.Extensions.Design.dll

They came with the new install of AJAX.

Also we have to make sure that in our web.config under assemblies the PublicKeyToken portion is all Caps!

Good
PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35
Bad
PublicKeyToken=31bf3856ad364e35

You do this and it will work on godaddy.com sites!

SERIOUS? I gotta try it out.