Justin Cooney

Web Development Tips and Examples

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I am a Senior Applications Programmer / Analyst with years of experience developing enterprise solutions using the Microsoft technology stack including C#, VB.NET, ASP.NET, AJAX, IIS and SQL Server. I specialize in Web application development with a focus on building secure systems, integrating applications, and designing robust database structures.

Category: IIS

  • IIS7 Increase File Size Upload Restrictions

    In IIS 7 there is a lesser known upload file size limit of 30 megabytes. Usually this is more than enough for most Web applications, but sometimes you will want to allow your users to transfer larger files. To do so, you’ll need to update a setting in IIS.

  • IIS 6 Unknown MIME Type Causes Error 404

    If you are attempting to serve various file types from your site and specific files give you a 404 error like this: HTTP Error 404 – File or directory not found then you should check your IIS version and the MIME types that it supports.

  • Correcting 404 Errors in IIS 6 When Running an ASP.NET ASPX Page

    I was setting up a new Web Server that had been pre-installed with Windows 2003, IIS 6 and ASP.NET 2.0. The catch was that when I set up a new Web site on the server, I would get a 404 error page when the server was asked to serve up ASP.NET files (aka: files with the…