Customizing ASP.NET

Customizing ASP.NET using web.config

You can customize the behaviour of your ASP.NET applications by maintaining your own web.config configuration file. Configuration directives in your web.config file override the server or application defaults.

Place your web.config file in whichever folder you want to customize. Placing it in the root folder of your ASP.NET application (which, by default, is the root folder of your website) will cause its settings to be applied to every subfolder below it. You can also have multiple web.config files in other folders, to customize the settings for different areas of your website. Note, however, that some web.config settings can only be changed at the application root level.

Since web.config is a system file, the web server will prevent users from accessing and downloading it.

For information on settings you can specify, be sure to read the following websites.

• The ASP.NET web.config File Demystified
• Specifying Configuration Settings in web.config
• ASP.NET Configuration
• Configuration Overview

Changing the ASP.NET version

By default, Microsoft's .NET Framework version 1.1 is used to compile and run your ASP.NET applications. Contact us if you wish to switch your application to .NET Framework version 2.0. Note that if you use ASP.NET on multiple websites in the same Net Image hosting package, all websites must run the same ASP.NET version. This means that if you need to upgrade one site to version 2.0, all other ASP.NET sites must be upgraded as well.