Tag Archives: IIS

Jul
16
2008

Hosting multiple SSL sites with IIS6

A simple tip I came across when hosting multiple sites on a server.
It’s easy to assign a new ip address to the adapter, but creating a new ip address per website is a bit much.
I like to, where possible, use host-headers when hosting a website. Host headers across SSL are now supported by IIS6 (in [...]

By Rob | Posted in Programming | Comments (0)
Apr
04
2008

Handling CSS and JavaScript using Rewrite Rules in IIS

Recently I’ve been working on improving the caching within the website to improve performance for the user. After reading around, I found the following rules to be valuable.

Cache your CSS and JavaScript forever (set a long, long expiry)
Handle updates by changing the URL of your CSS and JavaScript

When caching “forever” the main problem is if [...]

By Rob | Posted in Programming | Also tagged , | Comments (0)