How to: Transform Web.config When Deploying a Web Site Project
Publishing a Web Site project with Visual Studio does not support Web.config transform files. In the following, I will show you how to use the same functionality from a Web Application project (see: How to: Transform Web.config When Deploying a Web Application Project ) in a Web site project. You have to create a publish profile for the Web Site project and add an MSBuild step in the "website.publishproj" file: <Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003"> ... <Import Project="$(_WebPublishTargetsPath)\Web\Microsoft.WebSite.Publishing.targets" /> <UsingTask TaskName="TransformXml" AssemblyFile="$(MSBuildExtensionsPath32)\Microsoft\VisualStudio\v10.0\Web\Microsoft.Web.Publishing.Tasks.dll"/> <Import Project="$(MSBuildToolsPath)\Microsoft.CSharp.targets" /> <Target Name="BeforeBuild"> <TransformXml ...