Mixing static.htm urls and dynamic urls on a Windows IIS Server?

[emerald]

Hi all,

We've had a website originally built using static html with .htm extensions ranking well in Google hence we want to keep those pages/urls.

We are on a dedicated sever (Windows IIS).

However our developer has custom made a new DYNAMIC section for the site which shows new added products dynamically and allows them to be booked online via shopping cart.

We are having problems displaying them both on the same domain even if we put the dynamic section withing its own subfolder and keep the static htms in the root. Is it possible to have both function on IIS (even if they may have to function a little separately)?

Does anyone have previous experience of this kind of issue or a way of making both work? What setup do we need to do on the dedicated server.

[webmethod]

Hi,

This isn't the best forum for this question as it's about IIS configuration - you'd be best off hitting up Windows Server configuration forums.

It is possible to do what you want to do. Dynamic (application) content in IIS needs to run under an application pool in order to be processed. You do this by creating an application under the website in the IIS manager.

Static content typically should sit under a different virtual directory (doesn't need an application). This means you can set it to be cached to improve page load time for users.

My advice would be to go back to the developer and look at his dev server set up, then copy it for your live server. Sorry it's hard to give you any more advice without a lot more information on the environment and code.

George

[DaveSottimano]

George is right, I think it might be best to ask this question here: http://forums.iis.net/