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 […]
Enable Caching in IIS to Speed Performance
Google’s various page speed testing tools seem to prefer browser caching set with at least a one week expiration set. That makes great sense to me! Setting a browser cache expiration tells the visitor’s browser that is is okay to cache the content – so upon the next visit the browser will load the content […]
cytanium, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, System Administration, WindowsWebsite Page Load Speed
Check out your website page load speed – for free – using the Google Developer online testing tool. https://developers.google.com/pagespeed/# Not only with it show your page load speed, but it will give tips on how to further optimize the site so that it loads even faster. Happy hosting!
Hosting, tipIIS 7.x Shared Configuration
Below is a guest post from Rick Barber, the Senior Support Specialist at OrcsWeb, a managed Windows hosting provider specializing in Windows cloud server hosting and dedicated Windows hosting. If you find the following to be useful, check out the link at the end for more resourceful tips from Rick. Before the release of Internet Information […]
Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, System Administration, WindowsLog Parser: Pulling Valuable Data From IIS Logs
Microsoft’s Log Parser is an awesome tool that justifies knowledge, if not even regular use, by both system administrators and web users alike. From the download site: “Log parser is a powerful, versatile tool that provides universal query access to text-based data such as log files, XML files and CSV files, as well as key […]
cytanium, Development/Coding, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, System Administration, tipChanging the table owner in SQL Server 2012
When OrcsWeb says they do Managed Windows Server Hosting, they really mean it. As part of that managed hosting, they often engage in beta programs and include their clients so that both the OrcsWeb staff and the end-users can get familiar with certain products prior to the release. One such product is Microsoft SQL Server […]
Hosting, SQL/Databases, System Administration, tip, TroubleshootingSecuring ASP.Net Pages – Forms Authentication – C# and .Net 4
ASP.Net has a built-in feature named Forms Authentication that allows a developer to easily secure certain areas of a web site. In this post I’m going to build a simple authentication sample using C# and ASP.Net 4.0.
ASP.NET, Development/Coding, HostingIIS7 Mime Mappings
For very good reasons, not all extensions are recognized by IIS by default and may return a 404 error when trying to access them from your site. If you have need to add more extensions to be “allowed” – for example if you have embedded font files – you have a few different options. One […]
ASP.NET, cytanium, Development/Coding, Hosting, IIS, OrcsWeb, System Administration, tipGreat Pointers For Analyzing Memory Crash Dumps
This is an older article (2006) but still an excellent resource for anyone who has to do deep troubleshooting and research to determine the cause of a crash in a .NET application. With these tips, and perhaps just a little luck, you can even trace the issue down to the exact line of code that’s […]
.NET, Hosting, IIS, System Administration, Troubleshooting, WindowsResolving the error: ~/Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd is missing in web.config.
When attempting to run an application that uses certain Telerik controls, you may run into the error below: System.InvalidOperationException: ‘~/Telerik.Web.UI.WebResource.axd’ is missing in web.config. RadStyleSheetManager requires a HttpHandler registration in web.config. Please, use the control Smart Tag to add the handler automatically, or see the help for more information: Controls > RadStyleSheetManager at Telerik.Web.UI.RadStyleSheetManager.OnPreRender(EventArgs e) […]
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