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How to Change the IIS Virtual Directory Settings for a Web Content Project

This topic provides steps for changing the Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) virtual directory settings for a Web content project in Commerce Server staging. A virtual directory maps a client-accessible directory to a physical directory. You can change the virtual directory settings to modify the permissions that clients have on the virtual directory.

To change the IIS virtual directory settings for a Web content project

  1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to Microsoft Commerce Server 2009 , and the click Commerce Server Staging.

  2. In Microsoft Management Console (MMC), in the left pane, expand Commerce Server Staging, expand <server name>, and then click Projects.

  3. In the right pane, right-click the project that you want to change, and then click Properties.

  4. In the Project Properties dialog box, on the IIS tab, do the following:

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    Virtual directory to be assigned to the project

    Type the relative path of the physical directory to be mapped for the virtual directory. Make sure that you include the "/" character at the start of the path.

    Web site name

    Select the Web site that you want to host in the virtual directory from the drop-down list.

    Allow read access

    Select this option to enable clients to perform read operations and download files from this directory.

    Allow write access

    Select this option to enable clients to perform write operations and upload content to this directory.

    Allow script access

    Select this option to enable clients to run scripts in this directory.

    Allow execute access

    Select this option to enable clients to run executable files and scripts in this directory.

    Allow directory browsing

    Select this option to enable clients to move through the structure of this directory.

  5. In the Project Properties dialog box, click OK.

See Also

Other Resources

What are the Staging Project Options?

Staging Web Sites and Commerce Server Data

Commerce Server Staging