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DNN 7.3 serving static content

11/26/2014 9:38 PM

rod fdz

Joined: 11/19/2014

Posts: 18

DNN 7.3 serving static content

Hi All.

Is there a way in DNN 7.3 on Windows 2012 r2 to serve up static content? My DNN is working good at mysampledomain.com. Is there I way I can get DNN to just show static html pages? For example could I create a directory in the root install directory call it static and have all static content from there? I wouldn't be concerned with the skin styling getting injected into those html files I just want to be able to see those static html pages from the dnn domain/url. Is this possible in some way?

I have some auto generated html files that I somehow need to show through the dnn url and not sure how to best show them within the DNN install? Maybe through some IIS setting?

Thank you

11/27/2014 4:16 AM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: DNN 7.3 serving static content

Static Content is served by IIS, if you create any Folder insite your DNN directory, you may access any html file inside using the direct URL.

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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11/28/2014 3:30 AM

Geoff Barlow

Joined: 7/14/2011

Posts: 251

Re: DNN 7.3 serving static content

Hi Rod,

It would also be better to create the static directory in the Portals/<portalname> folder of your site, that way you would be able to use the Dnn logic etc.

Hope this helps,

Regards,

Geoff

11/28/2014 11:09 AM

rod fdz

Joined: 11/19/2014

Posts: 18

Re: DNN 7.3 serving static content

@Sebastian

Thank you the direct url method works.

Is there a way to configure so I don't have to use the direct method - ie. mydomain.com/s/ and not mydomain.com/s/index.html?

I looked at Default Document in IIS and index.html is already in there.

Thank you

11/28/2014 5:50 PM

Sebastian Leupold

www.dnnwerk.de
Joined: 3/8/2004

Posts: 46212

Re: DNN 7.3 serving static content

make sure, index.html is listed above Default.aspx, or create an application for the subfolder inside IIS

Cheers from Germany,
Sebastian Leupold

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