IIS question(s)

[Twelvethman]

Hello

I am a guy that develops web code and is not familiar with IIS and its functionalities so I need help in a couple of areas:

1- Our IT staff says I can go in and make changes within the Web server. I have access to the drive so I can move and update files through a share - but how/where do I go in and make changes, i.e. make index.cfm the default page?

2- Please do also advise me on how I can create an alias for a particular page..we have a page hidden deep in our directory structure and want to create an alias such as:

http://www.mysite.com/thispage so we can jump to that inside page.

look forward to your advice!!

[sage45]

The changes you are describing would be controlled by the MMC plug-in that can be installed/attatched to your system... If your IT group has installed the plug-in already you should be able to find it in your Administrative Tools on the Start Menu... Otherwise, it's a trek to the server till you get the plug-in installed...

-sage-

[Twelvethman]

:thumbsup: :)

Thank you sir!

Will follow up on that!

[oracleguy]

And if you have installed on your local machine, you can connect to another computer, in this case your server through the MMC. However you need to have the correct permissions to make any changes. Your IT guys will know what to do.

To change the default document, you find the website you want to modify it for then right click and hit properties then go to the "Documents" tab. There it lists the default documents and the order they are searched in.

Now for aliasing, the closest thing you can do is a Virtual Directory. So to do that, you right click on the site, then go to new then "Virtual Directory" and the complete the wizzard. So then if the directory you wanted to access is like

www.mysite.com/blah/blah/blah/myfolder

You can make it so it will work like www.mysite.com/myfolder

[Twelvethman]

:o

You are the best - appreciate the detailed response.

[oracleguy]

My pleasure. :)