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Is it possible to change IIS settings from web config

I'm using url rewriting.net. I'm testing web on the local host, it is successfully work. But When i deploying web to remote host, url rewriting not work. Problem is (The resource cannot be found). I found problem. My deployed remote host IIS configuration is (Virtual dir->Properties->Home directory->Application Mapping->.aspx->Edit->"Che...

problem scheduling cron job at hostmonster

hello, I am trying to setup cron jobs for a website hosted at hostmonster.com. At the time of configuring timestamp when I use * * * * * the script runs perfectly. but whenever I made changes to these timstamps the script doesnot work say if I use 30 18 * * * script doesnot execute. This automated script insert data in the data...

jQuery hosted on Google CDN: why is Internet access still needed?

I am using jQuery from google CDN. I looked at the cache-control and it seems the browser should fully cache the jQuery version for a long time. However when I disable Internet access my webpages stop working. Why? Is it because even though jQuery is cached, the browser still needs to resolve DNS? ...

Will it ever be possible for developers to not have to worry about server configuration? Should we have to worry about this?

I'm currently looking at hosting solutions for my Ruby on Rails SaaS web application, and the biggest issue I see is that if I go with something like Amazon EC2, then I still need to configure my own server and install what I need (e.g. database, programming framework, application server, etc.). Each one of these is an opportunity for s...

hosting a WCF + ASP.NET website

I'm working on a website written in ASP.NET that will access a WCF app. and possibly, some parts will be developped using Flex. So, I'm already looking for hosting for my app. I want to know : -what good providers are there out there that can provide me hosting for all the parts of my app ? (WCF, ASP.NET, and Flex(?,don't know flex yet...

How does youtube support starting playback from any part of the video?

Basically I'm trying to replicate YouTube's ability to begin video playback from any part of hosted movie. So if you have a 60 minute video, a user could skip straight to the 30 minute mark without streaming the first 30 minutes of video. Does anyone have an idea how YouTube accomplishes this? ...

How to setup Django website in Amazon EC2 hosting?

Can someone give specific steps how to implement hosting a Django based website by using Amazon EC2 hosting service? Is that possible? My website source code can be found here I goolged and found this article But before doing anything I just want to get some basic ideas about Amazon EC2 hosting. ...

What's the best (and cheapest) Rails hosting provider for a prototype application?

I know the question on what the best Rails host has been asked and discussed before, but I'm looking more for advice with my specific scenario. I have a SyncML server that requires a minimum of 512MB RAM that I want to hook up to a Ruby on Rails front end. I'm going to be using a Linux environment to serve these. What I'm putting toge...

Can you use Google App Engine to send emails from an application hosted elsewhere?

I need to send emails from my web application (on account creation, password reset, etc.). This application will most likely be hosted on a standard hosting site (or possibly on Amazon EC2), not on Google App Engine. However, I like the ease of use for sending email through App Engine. Is there a way to host your application elsewhe...

httphandler shared hosting deployment

I have the httphandler on shared webhosting. It works. The httphandler webapp (virtual) dir of this httphandler does not have web.config and the whole shared user's website has web.config with only one uncommented statement: <compilation defaultLanguage="c#" debug="false"/> Now, I change it to: <system.web> <urlMappings ena...

Available RAM on shared hosting provider

I'm building business app that will hold somewhere between 50,000 to 150,000 companies. Each company (db row) is represented with 4-5 properties/columns (title, location,...). ORM is LINQ2SQL. I have to do some calculation, and for that I have lot of queries for specific company. Now, i go to db every time when i need something, and it ...

SQL Server hosting only offers 1GB databases. How do I split my data up?

Using ASP.NET and Windows Stack. Purpose: Ive got a website that takes in over 1GB of data about every 6 months. So as you can tell my database can become huge. Problem: Most hosting providers only offer Databases in 1GB increments. This means that every time I go over another 1GB, I will need to create another Database. I have absolu...

Deploying website with cookie-free domain path update for images and other resources.

I'm working on as asp.net application. The application is reasonably large and involves lot of pages with many reference images and scripts. I have hosted such content on a cookie-free sub-domain. My problem is - I have to manually update the path for all images and scripts upon deployment, by making them absolute-references to cookie-f...

Free CDN - content delivery network (specifically for hosting jQuery)

Does anyone know of a good/free CDN? We're hosting a small web app and want to load the Jquery JavaScripts from a CDN. Advice would be appreciated. ...

Run ASP.NET MVC in Internet Hosting Providers

My question is very simple. Can I run an ASP.NET MVC application on shared servers that has installed ASP.NET 3.5 but not MVC? If this is possible could you tell me how? ...

asp.net mvc application application root issue

I have an ASP MVC application that I have deployed on a hosting service (discountasp.net) to an application folder that is a sub folder of the root application. ie: -/[root] -+/apps both root and apps are setup as application folders in IIS. When I hit the default page I get the error "The view '' or its master could not be found. T...

Preferred OS for hosting Tomcat servlet container.

I know that I'm taking a risk, pitting the differing OS religions against each other, but I would like professional opinions about hosting a servlet container. In my case the container is set, we will be using Tomcat. But what is in question is the hosting operating system. We have administrators experienced in Windows Server 2003. W...

unable to access a website configured on a server

I have configured a website on a server. The web site is up and running. The problem is when i try to acess the site from my machine. It throws an error as "Internet Explorer cannot display the webpage". I am able to open ping the remote server from my machine.. TIA ...

How to move SQL Server 2008 to the cloud?

I have a large (~40gb) SQL Server 2008 database that I would like to move to the cloud. The database uses a lot of SQL Server 2008 specific (and non-specific) features (SQLCLR, xml, indexes, partitions, etc). Thus, my preference would be to use the exact database, but in the cloud. What are my options? The new SQL Azure only allows smal...

Putting an ASP.Net MVC project on a server for team development with VS Pro Team version

Can anyone give me advice on where to start when it comes to setting up a project on a server so that my helper and I can check out code files? I have a hosting account with Go Daddy - IIS 7, if that can be used. Also, I'm looking for advice on how to learn more about setting up my database on a server - currently my project has it set...