access localhost on another computer with webmatrix - wordpress

so currently i am working on a wordpress site with webmatrix, and would like to view my progress in another computer in my network (at my workplace)
i want to either add the files to a shared drive for everyone on the network to view, or publish it locally with iis hosting
for the first method, i tried to change the url under settings from localhost:0000 to mycomputerIP:0000 but it did not work
for the second method i tried to enter the credentials of iss in the other computer into settings under publishing, so that it can be published locally, but it also did not work
i have looked for solutions online, but nothing seemed to be able to fix it, i am sorry for the vague description, but if anyone would like to help me i can provide more information

You should be able to follow the instructions at the following link to make sure everything is setup correctly:
http://blogs.iis.net/vaidyg/archive/2010/07/29/serving-external-traffic-with-webmatrix-beta.aspx
Edit
If you are using Windows Vista, 7, 8 or 8.1 you could look at installing a local copy of IIS and creating a virtual server for your WebMatrix site. It's not as much work as it sounds and it will give you a full management console, host name bindings and all kinds of other advantages. The following link should get you started:
http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/how-to-install-iis-on-windows-vista/

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For testing/learning purposes I've been trying to publish a website(build in asp.net) in IIS on windows 10. I enabled everything, made everything as saw on Microsoft tutorials, and youtube tutorials, yet, it seems its not working.
I try to access it thru the Site name I specified, and IP. but its not working.
this is the error keep getting
"This site can’t be reached
projectmms.com’s server DNS address could not be found."
NOTE: projectmms.com is the name/url I specified for the website.
Why is this error keep showing up? I made everything as seen in those tutorials.
and have checked many answers here from other posts, followed the same suggestion and nothing is working. Any suggestion?
EDIT:
after made what few of you requested, this is what I get. This is not my asp.net website.
even tried projectmms.com/default.aspx , it shows that it didn't found the page.
any help?
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add this in C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\host
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That will work locally.
You need to add projectmms.com domain to your host file (windows\system32\drivers\etc\host) and forward to your local IP (127.0.0.1).
This should be a comment, not a reply as you give us little to no info.(but I need 50 rep in order to do so)
Is the IIS in your machine or a remote one.
Did you add the name in the DNS server or the HOSTS file.
Do you reach the machine by ping (hostname/ip)?
Did you start the ISS service?
P.S.Ask if you don't understand any of the above points.
Using IIS Express you can only local host access, you have come to enable IIS on Windows resources?
see
http://www.howtogeek.com/112455/how-to-install-iis-8-on-windows-8/
http://www.iis.net/learn/install/installing-publishing-technologies/installing-and-configuring-web-deploy-on-iis-80-or-later

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The problem I'm running into now is how can I setup my sub folder /blog as an application in azure. I know locally you can just pull up IIS and rightclick -> convert to application. But is there something I could put in the web.config or publish settings that would achieve the same thing?
Right now I'm getting an error message because /blog has it's own web.config file.
If there's an easier way or I'm thinking about this wrong let me know that too :-)
Thanks,
Andrew
EDIT
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my friend have a site whole written in aspx (i dont know much about it).
we are trying to switch his web-hoster. we opened a new account (in a web-host site that supports everything we need) and moved all the files AS IS to the new web hoster.
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It sounds like the website could have been running a url rewrite module which would require the server to pass all requests via asp.net using wildmapping.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/5c5ae5e0-f4f9-44b0-a743-f4c3a5ff68ec.mspx?mfr=true
There are different ways this is handled depending on the version of IIS you are using. There is also limitations on this depending on your hosting environment.
A couple of questions that might help identity the issue
Was the previous hosting environment shared or dedicated/virtual
Was the previous hosting environment Windows 2003/IIS 6 or windows 2008/IIS 7
Is the new hosting environment shared or dedicated/virtual
Is the new hosting environment Windows 2003/IIS 6 or windows 2008/IIS 7
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I have a WebForms application hosted in IIS 7. When I run the site from Visual Studio 2010, my static content all loads perfectly. We have the same site hosted in another production environment and the site works great there also.
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When I open up Chrome's Developer Console and look at the network, it shows this:
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I have an ASP.net Website. the project' content is in a folder called MyWebSite.
When I run my application from Visual Web developer 2008, the browser displays the following address in the address bar:
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I want to be able to run my Website from the following address:
http://localhost/
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%SystemDrive%\inetpub\wwwroot
If you change this field to the path of your MyWebSite folder than you will be able to access the web site from just http://localhost.
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