# Installing Umbraco 7.3.5+ on GoDaddy

GoDaddy shared hosting is an affordable option for most. But then you do hit a few snags which make it difficult to deploy Umbraco to GoDaddy.  
  
I've deployed a few sites using Umbraco to GoDaddy and given below are some steps I followed to make it work.  
  
To start with, I usually create a staging website from the Plesk panel and upload the files after publishing them to the file system.  
  
For the very first upload, I make sure that the following web.config entries/values are maintained:  

*   The connectionString for umbracoDbDSN is empty  
    `<add connectionstring="" name="umbracoDbDSN" />`
*   The appSettingsKey for umbracoConfigurationStatus is empty  
    `<add key="umbracoConfigurationStatus" value=""/>`
*   The customErrors mode should be set to Off  
    `<customerrors mode="Off" />`
*   Trust Level should be set to True. Add the following entry under `<system.web>` node  
    ```
    <system.web>  
      <trust level="Full"/> 
```

  

### Installation Step 3/5 Permission settings are not ready

Use the following support article to set up Modify permissions for Plesk IIS Worker Process Identity Account for all the folders listed as not accessible  
[http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/6481/setting-directory-permissions-with-windows-hosting-accounts](http://support.godaddy.com/help/article/6481/setting-directory-permissions-with-windows-hosting-accounts)  
  
Change permissions for the following folders for the user `Application pool group (IWPG\_customer-name)`. Make sure they have Full Control permissions.  
  

*   Config
*   bin
*   media (if not available, create this folder)
*   web.config
*   Views
*   CSS

  
Create the following folders if not available  
  

*   Partials (within the Views folder)
*   MacroPartials (within the Views folder)

Don't forget to change the custom errors mode back to **On** once you have set up your website and tested that everything is working fine.

  

That's it! Now you should be able to have a great CMS-driven website at an affordable cost.

  

P.S. This article has been sitting in draft mode for so long that it's Umbraco 7.5.4 when I publish it. But the same principles do apply.

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*This article was originally written on Google's Blogger platform and ported to Hashnode on 17 Sep 2022.*