Not every fi le you create in your website has to be brand new. In some cases it makes sense to reuse
fi les from other projects. For example, you may want to reuse a logo or a CSS fi le across multiple
sites. You can easily add existing fi les by right-clicking the website in the Solution Explorer and
choosing Add Í Add Existing Item. In the dialog box that appears, you can browse for the fi les,
and optionally select multiple fi les by holding down the Ctrl key. Finally, when you click Add, the
fi les are added to the website. You can also use copy and paste to copy fi les from a folder on your
local disk to a website in VS. Simply highlight the fi les in Windows Explorer, press Ctrl+C to copy
the fi les, switch to VS, click the website in the Solution Explorer (or on a subfolder of your site), and
press Ctrl+V. The fi les are then copied into your website’s folder.
However, there is an even easier way to add fi les to the site, which can be a great time saver when
you need to add multiple existing fi les and folders to your site: drag and drop. The following Try It
Out shows you how this works.