[AccessD] Microsoft WebsiteSpark Program

Gustav:
>Could you shed some light please on how to understand and
>handle 'the big unspoken critical element' in their configuration
>utility? Is this a trap of some kind?

Yes, a 'stupid trap'. And it held me quite effectively for longer than I
care to admit :P

IIS7 has a hierarchical configuration scheme - the base configuration can be
overridden at the application pool, site or even folder level. But of
course, their configuration program gives no hint as to the hierarchical
nature of the configurations. No tree views, no lineage lists, nada. You
just click around, and see very slightly different configuration options at
each level. You can imagine the potential for mayhem if a program gives no
clue as to the impact of your changes.

Also, all the critical commands are shaded in tan on the right side -- a
'less-important' positioning from a graphic design point of view. I kept
searching the 'obviously important' stuff on the left, baffled that those
commands didn't do anything. I was drooling out of the corner of my mouth
before I figured that one out.

I found enlightenment on the www.iis.net forums.

The Apache method of making you dig through a beautifully-commented config
file was really started to show its merits at the end of my first IIS7
configuration foray.

-Ken