Contents tagged with IIS
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Tip #106 Did you know … How to solve the errors when aspnetdb.mdf is created dynamically with IIS?
In VS2010 all editions, the default .NET Framework 4.0 ASP.NET Web Site and Web Application template create default website with following connection string in the web.config:
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Tip #94: Did you know … How to improve the performance of PHP application on Windows?
Today the Microsoft IIS team has released the beta of the Windows Cache Extension 1.0 for PHP.
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Tip #73: Did you know... about IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta
IIS Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Toolkit Beta – is a free toolkit that helps Web developers, hosting providers, and server administrators improve their sites’ relevance in search results by recommending how to make them more search engine-friendly. The SEO Toolkit Beta is available for installation via the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta.
The IIS SEO Toolkit can:
· Improve the volume and quality of traffic to Web site from search engines
· Control how search engines access and display Web content
· Inform search engines about locations that are available for indexing
The IIS SEO Toolkit includes three modules that integrate with IIS Manager:
· Site Analysis, which suggests changes that can help improve the volume and quality of traffic to your Web site from search engines;
· Robots Exclusion, which makes it easier to control and restrict the content that search engines index and display; and
· Sitemaps and Site Indexes, which can help inform search engines about locations that are available for indexing.
The IIS SEO Toolkit Beta can be installed with the Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0 Beta.
· For more information, visit: http://www.iis.net/extensions/SEOToolkit
· For more information on the Microsoft Web Platform, visit www.microsoft.com/web
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Tip #71: Did you know... there are several new configuration settings available in FastCGI Extension 1.5 Beta
Following are the new configuration settings available in FastCGI 1.5 Extension Beta:
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Tip #70: Did you know… how to install win7 RC IIS through command script?
Windows 7 RC’s IIS included ftp 7.5 feature. Installing it from command line is a little bit different than the vista IIS7 command line. It is as following:
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Tip #43: Did you know... Way you register your IHttpModule depends on the pipeline in which an AppPool for your module will run?
To get your custom IHttpModule up and running you need three simple things:
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Tip #42: Did you know... ConfigurationEditor allows you to generate C#, JavaScript or AppCmd script to update configuration?
If you want to write a script to add new or update existing configuration, no matter what configuration file it belongs to (e.g. administration.config, applicationHost.config or website or application specific web.config), you can install Configuration Editor, which is a part of the IIS Admin Pack and use “Generate script” feature, just of its numerous great features.
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Tip #41: Did you know... establishing a remote connection to a IIS server with self-issued certificate will require a certificate validation delegate?
Either through WMSvc or through your own script, whenever you try to establish a connection with a remote server, which doesn’t provide a trusted certificate you need to provide a delegate for this certificate validation check to validate untrusted certificates.
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Tip #38: Did you know... How to use Failed Request Tracing to trace Rewrite Rules?
IIS7.0 Failed Request Tracing (FRT) is a powerful troubleshooting tool for request-processing failures. More details regarding FRT and how to enable it can be be found here.
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Tip #36: Did you know... How to manage pilot or beta program for your site using Application Request Routing in IIS7.0?
Won't it be cool if you can target and route appropriate users of your site to your pilot/beta/new looking site based on user's profile. This may help you in managing select users who have previously signed for pilot program and redirect them to new looking web site and gather feedback. This is a very typical situation when your web site is evolving or going a major change. IIS7.0 Application Request Routing (ARR) module helps you achieve this. The other situation where this can help is to limit and manage the amount of traffic that is routed to pilot site. There can be numerous other scenarios like ones mentioned where ARR can assist but the focus of the tip will be to learn how to get this done through ARR. You can apply it to other related scenario too.