Web Development Tips and Examples
Getting Classic ASP to run on IIS8.5 comes with a few gotchas that can easily cause problems well beyond what you might expect. In the article below I’ll review the general steps and guidelines that I figured out through trial and error by going through the process myself. Continue reading “Enabling Classic ASP on IIS8 (Windows Server 2012)”
This article is intended to be a collection of helpful links to resources for people (including myself) who are setting up and configuring IIS8.5 on Windows Server 2012. I am also providing a step-by-step example of setting up a new Web site in IIS and configuring it for Windows Authentication.
If you find this article useful, then take a look at my guide to setting up sites in IIS7 . Continue reading “Notes on Setting up a New Web Site on IIS8”
It’s considered best-practice to do browser detection based on features rather than the more error-prone detection based on the user-agent. For example, see this Microsoft browser identification best practices article for how they suggest you structure your Internet Explorer detection scripts by making user of the ASP.NET HttpBrowserCapabilities Object.
If you are interested in reading more about the problems ASP.NET has recently had with IE10 and IE11, please check out my related article on the subject
Continue reading “Detecting and Upleveling ASP.NET Pages for IE11”
Justin Cooney 