How to Restart a Site Using the web.config file
- FTP access the site, download the web.config file from the {root} folder to your local computer
- Open the web.config file in a text editor such as Notepad
- Make a change then delete it, such as a space at the end of a line (Space bar, Backspace key)
- SAVE the web.config file
- Upload the file back to the site through FTP, overwriting the existing web.config file
- Browse the site