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Hi Bo!

To serve files with that extension, you need to register the mime-type in IIS on the server.
For sites running on IIS7 you might be able to specify the extension and mime-type in web.config - http://www.iis.net/ConfigReference/system.webServer/staticContent/mimeMap

Do you need to be able to upload those files in front-end of Dynamicweb? In that case, i think a change is required in the core of Dynamicweb, because allowed file extensions is not configurable... I'm not sure if there is a workaround.

Hi,

A client of ours is longing for such a functionallity. They have a custom solution and want to be able to upload .aspx files to file manager. Would the same solution work?

Nuno

Allowing upload of aspx files is a bit risky (but actually possible in Dynamicweb).

Is your client fully aware of what each line of code in the aspx files does and sure that the files are not making the site vulnerable to malicious attacks?

You can just zip the .aspx files, and choose "Extract archives" in the filemanager on upload. However, the folder probably needs to be configured in IIS to make the aspx work.

If the client needs to be in full control of everything on the site, RDP or FTP access to the site would be a better approach.

Hi Morten,

That's a great trick. The client is very happy, and yes, both him and I understand the risk.

Thanks a lot.
Nuno

 Hi again.

Thanks for the answer Morten!
The client will not need to upload the file manually, we will do it by FTP.

Should we just add some extra XML to web.config, and then it should work? It looks like I will need to make changes to IIS in that link you have provided. I don't think this will be possible, since the solution is not running on its own server.

Let me hear your thoughts Morten :-)

You could try adding it to web.config and see if it works? ;-) 

<configuration>
    <system.webServer>

      <staticContent>
         <mimeMap fileExtension=".unity3d" mimeType="application/vnd.unity" />
      </staticContent>

   </system.webServer>
</configuration>

 Hey again.

Thanks for the answer Morten! :-)
I wanted to try it out, but I don't have access to web.config since it's not a custom solution.

Would it be possible to add a MIME Type when it's not a custom solution?

You would have to add the mime-type to the IIS or as Morten points out you can add it to the configuration of the web.config in order for the application to setup the IIS, no other solution is possible