Custom solution configuration not showing up in Visual Studio 2010

Question

I added a solution configuration called \'Staging\'. It does show up on the drop down in VS, but not in the Configuration Manager in \'Package/Publish Web\' screen. On this

Answer 1

I found a solution to the issue of adding a new project AFTER creating a custom build config -

1. Right click on the solution.
2. Select "Properties" from the context menu.
3. In the resulting dialog, click on "Configuration Properties" in the left hand pane.
4. Click the "Configuration Manager..." button on top right.
5. Scroll down to your new project.
6. Under the "Configuration" column for your project, select .
7. In the resulting dialog, enter the name of your existing project, and un-check the box that says "Create new solution configurations" (since it already exists on the solution level).
8. Go into the properties of that project and you will now see this configuration. Apply necessary properties for that configuration in your project.