>Not quite, but nice approach, though. I have thought about your suggestion too. The server is running IIS and .NET FW 1.1 and all the files are there and the site is up and running on the server.

>What I want to avoid is setting up local sites on all developer clients,

Why?

>because that's what VS.NET demands with web projects.

No it doesn't. It is just recommended.

>If I can somehow point each machines "localhost" to the server IP then the

You can in your hosts file... but I wouldn't.

>VS.NET clients would open the site directly from the server, instead of

You should be able to edit your project and specify the web path to the shared server rather than using localhost.

BOb