Who can perform this task?
  • Service provider administrators
  • Service provider CSRs
  • Reseller administrators
  • Reseller CSRs
  • Organization administrators
  • Organization CSRs
  • End users

To set up a Web site for an organization

Step 1. Create a Web site

  1. If you are on the Create Web Site page of the organization for which you want to create a new Web site, skip to step 2. If not, navigate to this page.
  2. How?

    1. On the Delegated Administration Console menu bar, click Manage Organization.
    2. If you are already in the organization for which you want to create a Web site, skip this step. If the organization for which you want to create a Web site appears in the Organization Name list, click its name. Otherwise, on the navigation bar, click the navigation button Click to navigate quickly in this organization to navigate quickly in this organization, and then click the organization you want.
    3. In the left navigation pane, click Manage Services.
    4. Click Internet Services.
    5. In the left navigation pane, click Create Web Site.
  3. In Web site name on the Create Web Site page, type the name of the Web site.
  4. Important

    • You must specify a unique name in the hosting domain for this Web site. If you create a Web site with the same name as an existing Web site, the Web server might be unable to start one of the Web sites. If both Web sites are started, there will be name resolution conflicts between the two sites, and users might be directed to the wrong site.
  5. For a Web site that will share an Internet Protocol (IP) address with other Web sites, in Host Header, type the host header name, for example www.fabrikam.com. For Web sites that will have a dedicated IP address, leave this field blank.
  6. Click Create.
  7. Update Complete appears in the top-left section of the IIS Summary page, and the new Web site appears in the Site Name list.

Step 2. Verify Web site identification and log file location

  1. In the Site Name list, click the Web site you just created.
  2. In the left navigation pane, click Site Identification.
  3. Verify that the information displayed on this page is correct, and make a note of the log file location.
  4. If appropriate, edit the log file location, and then click Save.

Step 3. Configure performance settings

  1. In the left navigation pane, click Performance.
  2. Configure the settings on this page as described in the following table:
  3. Setting Description
    Performance tuning Select the option that corresponds with the number of hits per day that this Web site will handle. This setting optimizes Web server performance for the number of hits you select. You can adjust this setting based on actual usage data from your Web site log files.
    Bandwidth throttling (Only service provider administrators can configure this setting.) To enable this feature, select the Enable bandwidth throttling check box, and then type the maximum number of kilobytes per second (KBps) you want Internet Information Services (IIS) to use for this Web site. For more information, see "Throttling Bandwidth" in the Internet Information Services 5.0 product documentation at the Microsoft Web site(http://www.microsoft.com/).
    Process throttling (Only service provider administrators can configure this setting.) To enable this feature, select the Enable process throttling check box, and then in Maximum CPU use: (%), specify the maximum CPU use for this Web site as a percentage of available CPU. For more information, see "Throttling Processes" in the Internet Information Services 5.0 product documentation at the Microsoft Web site(http://www.microsoft.com/).

Step 4. Configure Home Directory settings

  1. In the left navigation pane, click Home Directory.
  2. Select the check boxes of the Web server permissions that you want to apply to this Web site, as described in the following table:
  3. Item Description
    Script source Allow users to access source files, including the source code for scripts, such as scripts in Active Server Pages (ASP) applications. If Read is also selected, source files can be read. If Write is also selected, users can write to source files.
    Read Allow users to view directory content, file content, and properties on the Web site.
    Write Allow users to change directory content, file content, and properties on the Web site.
    Directory browsing Allow users to view file lists and collections on the Web site.
    Enable Parent Paths Allow an ASP page to allow paths relative to the current directory (using the ..\ notation).

    Important

    • When enabled, this setting constitutes a potential security risk because an include path can access critical or confidential files outside the application's root directory.
  4. In the Execute Permissions list box, select the permission you want to apply to the default application for this Web site, as described in the following table:
  5. Permission Description
    None Do not run executables or scripts, such as ASP applications, on this Web site.
    Scripts only Run only scripts, such as ASP applications, on this Web site.
    Execute Run both executables and scripts, such as ASP applications, on this Web site.
  6. When finished, click Save.

Step 5. Configure the default document and footer

  1. In the left navigation pane, click Documents.
  2. In Default document file name, type the file names of the default documents, or default home pages for this Web site. Separate file names with a comma.
  3. To enable the default documents, select the Enable default document check box.
  4. To enable a document footer, select the Enable document footer check box.
  5. If you want to configure a document footer, in Document footer file name, type the document footer file name.
  6. When finished, click Save.

Step 6. Configure authentication

  1. In the left navigation pane, click Authentication Methods.
  2. Select the check boxes of the authentication methods you want to apply to this Web site, as described in the following table:
  3. Item Description
    Anonymous access Gives users access to the Web site without prompting them for a user name or password.
    Basic authentication An industry-standard method, defined in the HTTP specification, for collecting user name and password information. It passes passwords in an unencrypted form, so is not recommended unless you are confident that the connection between the user and the Web server is secure.
    Integrated Windows authentication Also called Windows NT Challenge/Response. A secure form of authentication because the user name and password are not sent across the network.
  4. When finished, click Save.

Step 7. Configure content expiration

  1. In the left navigation pane, click HTTP Headers.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To enable content expiration, select the Enable Content Expiration check box.
    • To disable content expiration, clear the Enable Content Expiration check box.
  3. To configure content expiration options, do one of the following:
    • To prevent content from being cached on users' computers, select Expire Immediately.
    • To specify how long content is cached on a user's computer before it is refreshed, select Expire after, and then specify the amount of time that you want the content to be cached.
  4. When finished, click Save.

Step 8. Add SharePoint Team Services (optional)

  1. In the left navigation pane, click Server Extensions 2002.
  2. Select the Add SharePoint Team Services check box.
  3. In Administrator's Username, type the user name of the FrontPage administrator, and then click Save.

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