When creating ASP.NET 2.0 projects, Visual Studio 2005 gives you the option of creating a Web site project or a Web application project; the latter is similar to creating a Web project in Visual Studio 2003. The Web application project option was provided to help developers converting Web projects from Visual Studio 2003 to Visual Studio 2005.

Creating a Web application project requires installation of a Visual Studio 2005 update and add-in, which can be found at http://msdn.microsoft.com/. See Microsoft's Web site for more detailed information and comparisons on Web site and Web application projects.

The steps for creating both types of projects have been provided for your convenience in the Creating a Web Site Project and Creating a Web Application Project topics.

Creating a Web Site Project

Creating a Web Application Project