I don't have access to IIS Server as I am hosted on a shared hosting. I don't have access to remote IIS manager or the command prompt on server.
Now, my question is, Is it possible to gzip my asp pages? I am hosted on an IIS 7 server.
A:
Any type of file can be compressed including ASP Classic pages. However, HttpCompression is configured on the web server where the server identifies which extensions should be compressed. If .asp files have been marked for compression, then it should be the case that the web sever will add the Content-encoding: gzip header for you.
Thomas
2010-05-11 15:24:20
It looks like the .asp files are not set to compress by default, since I can't see the accept-encoding: gzip in the http headers. How can I enable this? I don't have access to the IIS configuration manager.
Ctroy
2010-05-20 05:39:03
@ctroy - You cannot enable it without access to the IIS configuration. If you did have access to it, you need to enable the feature by checking Static/Dynamic Compression in Control Panel, Programs and Features, Turn Windows Features on or off, Internet Information Services, Performance Features. Then, you would need to go into %SystemRoot%\System32\inetsrv\config\applicationHost.config and configure the extensions and/or mime types that should be compressed.
Thomas
2010-05-20 15:29:24