how to add publishing profile to a new sln in vs2012?

Question

I have read the publishing profiles have replaced WDP

but I cannot find decent tutorial

how to add and modify pubxml file to my project

any help will be appreciated

Solution 1

When you right-click a project and select Publish, you get the Publish Web wizard. Using this to create a profile (you don't have to actually publish in order to create a profile) creates the .pubxml, and on the first step of the wizard you can use the Manage Profiles button to rename or delete profiles. Profiles are created in a PublishProfiles folder under Properties. See

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff398069.aspx

Solution 2

In order to create a new profile once you have already defined one, you have to open the "Publish" window (righ click on the project), click on the "Profile" tab and select the <New...> option from the drop-down list; this will create a new pubxml file (see screenshot).
It's a bit tricky to find and I wonder why they didn't put a "New" button on the "Manage profiles" window.

Comments

[Adi]

pretty strange but I cannot create NEW profiles once I defined one. Is it possible?

[StockBreak]

@Adi please see my answer in order to add a new profile once you have already created one.

[Adi]

meanwhile I found this option myself, but +1 for pointing it out

[Kashif Hanif]

thanks..."It's a bit tricky to find and I wonder why they didn't put a "New" button on the "Manage profiles" window." Agrre with you @StockReak

[Jamshaid K.]

there is no option in my visual studio like that, publish website option is not like that as yours, how am i going to get those options ? @StockBreak