I’m super-excited about ASP.NET 5 and MVC 6! I first taught myself to program in the early 80s. I taught myself again in the mid-90s. Then I started OrcsWeb and spent more time do “systems stuff” (I’m both an MCSE and RHCSA) and “business stuff” (yeah, it takes a lot of time to run a […]
IIS/ASP.Net Install Error “The referenced assembly is not installed on your system”
Guest post from Rick Barber from OrcsWeb today… ASP.NET Hosting – 3 Months Free – Click Here!! While attempting to install IIS through role services with other than the default options checked or ASP.Net under IIS in role services on Windows Server 2008 and 2008 R2 you may come across errors like the one below; ‘Attempt […]
ASP.NET, IISHandler "PHP5x_via_FastCGI" has a bad module "FastCgiModule" in its module list
Below is a guest post by Desiree at OrcsWeb with an IIS/PHP/CGI troubleshooting tip: I installed WordPress for one of our managed clients recently, and what should have been a simple install, turned into quite a bit of troubleshooting. The client was running Windows Server and using IIS for their site hosting. Before starting the […]
ASP.NET, tip, Troubleshooting, WindowsPUT/POST/DELETE Verb Errors On Site
A client was getting errors when using PUT/POST/DELETE verbs on their web application recently. The errors he was seeing were: After some troubleshooting the error was isolated to the fact that WebDav was installed on the server and was intercepting those requests for its own service use. Rather than removing WebDav from the server, we […]
ASP.NET, cytanium, Development/Coding, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, System AdministrationImplementing Application Initialization on IIS 7.5
Another great post by Terri over at OrcsWeb that I think you’ll find beneficial. Here’s a brief intro and a link to the full post… Microsoft has released a new module for IIS 7.5 which provides the ability to ‘warm-up’ an application and provide a ‘pretty’ page to the end-user until the application is fully […]
ASP.NET, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, SQL/Databases, System Administration, tip, WindowsOrchard Memory Usage and Performance
A guest post by Rick Barber – a senior technical lead over at managed Windows host OrcsWeb: At OrcsWeb we recently came across an issue where a user was having performance issues with a bare-bones Orchard installation on a shared server. We tried to reproduce the issue and sure enough, any time the site was […]
ASP.NET, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWebMagically Sync Machine Key for All Nodes in a Web Farm
Okay, well, it isn’t really magic – not even the Apple type – but it is pretty cool. Below is a post by OrcsWeb’s Jeff Graves providing a VERY handy script that can be used to instantly synchronize the machine key values for all ASP.NET versions on multiple Windows Server nodes in a web farm. […]
ASP.NET, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, System Administration, web farm, WindowsDiagnosing Windows/Web Application Issues
Here’s a great video post over on Channel9 that you may find useful if you ever have to troubleshoot application issues. You can’t troubleshoot a problem effectively until you first know what the problem is. When applications encounter stability or performance issues in the production environment, obtaining an accurate problem definition is a key first-step […]
ASP.NET, Hosting, WindowsOrchard: Custom Content in Sub-Folders
Orchard doesn’t seem to like anything in it’s web root except for it’s own content. Try it out – create a folder (I created /TestContent/) and then put a test from there (I created test.html) and try to access it. You’ll get a 404 error. Orchard “traps” all requests and effectively kills them if it […]
ASP.NET, CMS, cytanium, Development/Coding, Hosting, IIS, Orchard, OrcsWeb, System Administration, tip, TroubleshootingMVC3, Visual Studio 2010: Error: Microsoft JScript runtime error: Not implemented
Okay, so I’ve started tinkering with MVC3 just to get familiar with what more-and-more people are working with now from a Windows Internet development perspective. I have a development/test VM running Windows Server 2008 R2 so I figured I’d install it there and walk-through some of the online tutorials. Well, right out of the bat […]
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