Other configurations

Configuring Windows Server 2008 to display video thumbnails

1. Open the Server Manager by opening your Start Menu and clicking Administrative Tools » Server Manager.
2. From the navigation on the left, click Features.
3. In the right pane, click Add Features.
4. Make sure you have installed Desktop Experience feature.

Configuring custom error pages

To configure the display of custom error pages, use the following procedure:

1. Open the web.config file that is located in your project’s folder.
2. Find <customErrors> section.
3. Set customErrors mode to one of the following:
   • On
     Custom error page is shown to all visitors, regardless of whether they are local or remote.
   • RemoteOnly
     Custom error page is shown to remote visitors, while the error stack trace is shown to local visitors.
4. You can specify a custom page to be displayed for every error code, by using the following syntax in <customErrors> section:
   <error statusCode="403" redirect="URL of custom 403 error page" />
   <error statusCode="404" redirect="URL of custom 404 error page" />
5. Save and close the web.config file.

EXAMPLE: The following is an example of a <customErrors> section:

NOTE: The defaultRedirect attribute is optional. You can use it to specify the URL of the custom error page that is shown by default.

Enabling SSL support for Sitefinity Analytics module

You can enable Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol for the Analytics module in the following way:

1. Open the web.config file that is located in your project’s folder.
2. Find and uncomment the following binding:
   <!--<binding name="webBinding" maxReceivedMessageSize="2147483647" maxBufferSize="2147483647">

             <security mode="Transport">

               <transport clientCredentialType="None"/>

             </security>

           </binding>-->

3. Find and uncomment the following endpoints:
   <!--<endpoint address=""

             binding="basicHttpBinding"

             bindingConfiguration="webBinding"

             contract="Telerik.Sitefinity.Analytics.Infrastructure.Services.AnalyticsPermissionsService"/>-->
   <!--<endpoint address=""

             binding="basicHttpBinding"

             bindingConfiguration="webBinding"

             contract="Telerik.Sitefinity.Analytics.Server.GoogleAnalyticsPlugin.Services.AccountsService"/>-->
   <!--<endpoint address=""

             binding="basicHttpBinding"

             bindingConfiguration="webBinding"

             contract="Telerik.Sitefinity.Analytics.Server.Infrastructure.Services.DashboardData"/>-->
   <!--<endpoint address=""

             binding="basicHttpBinding"

             bindingConfiguration="webBinding"

             contract="Telerik.Sitefinity.Analytics.Server.Infrastructure.Services.MapDataService" />-->

4. Save and close the web.config file.

NOTE: After you perform the procedure above, the Analytics module will not function on ASP.NET Development Servers.