Here are 5 valuable posts on IIS topics that you should check out if you haven’t already. Caching in IIS to Speed Performance Why, and then how, to enable caching within IIS for your web site/application. IIS 7.x Shared Configuration What is Shared Configuration for IIS7? What are the reasons to use it? How do […]
URL Scan or Request Filtering in IIS7
URL Scan has been a useful tool since Windows Server 2003, and continues to be used on many web server deployments. Did you know though that IIS7 includes a feature named Request Filtering that handles the same functionality as URL Scan but also gives a tighter level of control over the settings and where they […]
Hosting, IISOrchard: 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, TroubleshootingEnable 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, WindowsIIS 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, tipIIS7 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) […]
ASP.NET, blog, CMS, Hosting, IIS, TroubleshootingTroubleshooting SSL in IIS
Terri Donahue @ OrcsWeb was helping a client with an SSL problem recently and wrote up this nice guest post below to help anyone else who may be in a similar troubleshooting situation. ————————————————————- I encountered a very interesting SSL issue while resolving a problem for a client this week. An SSL certificate was installed […]
Hosting, IIS, System Administration, Troubleshooting, Windows