Beginning Web Development, Silverlight, and ASP.NET AJAX

CHAPTER 6 ■ DEPLOYING YOUR WEB SITE 133
other files as configured using IIS Manager—including files with an .aspx extension,
perhaps!
If you are planning on using scripts such as ASP, ASP.NET, or PHP on your site, the
“Run scripts” check box should be selected, too.
Some older technologies for active web content, such as Internet Server Application
Programming Interface (ISAPI) and CGI, can also be supported by IIS. These involve
compiled, executable files, and should you need to use these, you can configure the
server to allow for their execution by selecting the Execute check box.
If you want to allow the user to upload files to this directory, select the Write check
box. By default, this is disabled for security reasons. You’ll want to be careful when using
this setting for obvious reasons.
Finally, if you want to allow users to browse your site and retrieve a listing of the
pages in the site and its subdirectories when they do not specify a page, then you should
select the Browse check box. You should also use the Browse option for creating sites
where no default page exists.
Figure 6-5. Virtual directory access permissions
The wizard will complete, and your virtual directory will be ready, but empty.
Add a new text file to the directory by using IIS Manager or Windows Explorer. Call it
test.htm and give it the following contents:
My HTML Page