ASPHostCentral.com is one of the first ASP.NET Hosting providers to offer IIS7.5 Hosting on our most advanced Windows 2008 R2 hosting platform

IIS Application Warm-Up for IIS 7.5 enables IT Professionals to improve the responsiveness of their Web sites by loading the Web applications before the first requests arrive. By proactively loading and initializing all the dependencies such as database connections, compilation of ASP.NET code, and loading of modules, IT Professionals can ensure their Web sites are responsive at all times even if their Web sites use a custom request pipeline or if the Application Pool is recycled

ASPHostCentral.com takes advantage of features in Windows 2008 R2 64-bits Edition and IIS 7.5 and we configure our server platform for increased security and reliability

ASPHostCentral.com is one of Windows Web Hosting providers to support IIS7.5 Manager. We also support some of the new IIS7.5 UI Extensions released by Microsoft.

IIS7.5 Benefits

- Decrease the response time for first requests by pre-loading worker processes – IIS Application Warm-Up allows IT Professionals to configure the Web application to be pre-loaded at the start of the Web server before the first request arrives. By pre-loading the application, the worker process is able to reduce the time it takes to respond to the first Web request. The loading and initialization of the dependencies such as database connections, .NET Framework, and the just-in-time compilation for ASP.NET applications and dependencies have already been performed by the time the request arrives to the server
- Increase reliability by pre-loading worker processes when Overlapped Recycling occurs – The response times for the first requests in an Overlapped Recycling scenario are reduced by also pre-loading dependencies. The recycled worker process will only communicate its readiness and will start accepting requests after it finishes loading and initializing the resources as specified by the configuration
- Customize the pre-loading of applications – IIS Application Warm-Up can be configured to initialize Web applications by using specific Web pages and user identities. This makes it possible to create specific initialization processes that can be executed synchronously or asynchronously depending on the initialization logic. In addition, these procedures can use specific identities in order to ensure a proper initialization

Reasons to trust your IIS7.5 website to us

What we think makes ASPHostCentral.com so compelling is how deeply integrated all the pieces are. We integrate and centralize everything–from the systems to the control panel software to the process of buying a domain name. For us, that means we can innovate literally everywhere. We’ve put the guys who develop the software and the admins who watch over the server right next to the 24-hour Fanatical Support team, so we all learn from each other

- 24/7-based Support – We never fall asleep and we run a service that is operating 24/7 a year. Even everyone is on holiday during Easter or Christmas/New Year, we are always behind our desk serving our customers
- Excellent Uptime Rate – Our key strength in delivering the service to you is to maintain our server uptime rate. We never ever happy to see your site goes down and we truly understand that it will hurt your onlines business. If your service is down, it will certainly become our pain and we will certainly look for the right pill to kill the pain ASAP
- High Performance and Reliable Server – We never ever overload our server with tons of clients. We always load balance our server to make sure we can deliver an excellent service, coupling with the high performance and reliable server
- Experts in IIS7.5 Hosting – Given the scale of our environment, we have recruited and developed some of the best talent in the hosting technology that you are using. Our team is strong because of the experience and talents of the individuals who make up ASPHostCentral
- Daily Backup Service – We realise that your website is very important to your business and hence, we never ever forget to create a daily backup. Your database and website are backup every night into a permanent remote tape drive to ensure that they are always safe and secure. The backup is always ready and available anytime you need it
- Easy Site Administration – With our powerful control panel, you can always administer most of your site features easily without even needing to contact for our Support Team. Additionally, you can also install more than 100 FREE applications directly via our Control Panel in 1 minute!

ASPHostCentral.com, a premier provider in advanced Windows and ASP.NET hosting service, rolled out ASP.NET 4 Hosting and Visual Studio 2010 hosted beta accounts based on the new Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bits platform. More information can be found on our website at: Beta users can create a website and test it out in a scalable environment by utilizing an included Dynamic Capacity Upgrade (DCU). Beta accounts are hosted on Windows Server 2008 R2/IIS 7.5, .NET Framework 4 Beta 2, and you can always starts from our cheapest Standard Plan @$4.99/month to “test-drive” this new framework.

What’s new in ASP.NET 4 Beta 2 and Visual Web Developer?

The .NET Framework version 4 Beta 2 includes enhancements for ASP.NET 4 in targeted areas. Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft Visual Web Developer Express also include enhancements and new features for improved Web development.

There are many exciting changes in ASP.NET that are coming in .NET 4:
* Out of the box support for ASP.NET MVC 2
* Dynamic Data
* Improved AJAX and CSS Support
* Improved core services and
* One Click Publishing

About ASPHostCentral.com:
ASPHostCentral is a premier web hosting company where you will find low cost and reliable web hosting services. Whether you’re an enterprise level business or a small business entity or someone who just wants to host his own personal website – we have a suitable web hosting solution for you. For more information, visit http://www.ASPHostCentral.com

SharePoint 2010 is the business collaboration platform that enables you to connect and empower people through formal and informal business communities, within the enterprise and beyond, and to manage content throughout the information lifecycle.

Whether deployed on-premises or as hosted services, SharePoint’s integrated capabilities are enhanced by search technologies and enable you to rapidly respond to changing business needs by making data-driven decisions and by deploying customized solutions quickly and securely. The consolidation of collaboration solutions onto SharePoint 2010 makes it possible to cut costs by lowering training and maintenance expenses and increasing IT productivity, all within a governable and compliant platform.

ASPHostCentral.com as a premier Windows and .NET Hosting provider, proudly announces that this technology has been supported on all our new servers environment. You can start hosting your Sharepoint 2010 website from just paying as low as $4.99/month with FREE 1 domain and 1 SQL 2005/2008

Connect and Empower People

Cut costs with a Unified Infrastructure

Driving cost efficiencies and accomplishing more with the same resources is possible through the consolidation of all the key business collaboration solutions into SharePoint 2010 and using this common platform to deploy solutions for your intranet, extranet, or for your Internet web presence. 

Rapidly Respond to Business Needs

When time-to-market is key, SharePoint 2010 enables people to customize the out-of-box platform and deploy solutions that enable them to address specific business requirements quickly and in a secure manner. 

Reasons to trust your Sharepoint 2010 website to us

What we think makes ASPHostCentral.com so compelling is how deeply integrated all the pieces are. We integrate and centralize everything–from the systems to the control panel software to the process of buying a domain name. For us, that means we can innovate literally everywhere. We’ve put the guys who develop the software and the administrators who watch over the server right next to the 24-hour Fanatical Support team, so we all learn from each other

- 24/7-based Support – We never fall asleep and we run a service that is operating 24/7 a year. Even everyone is on holiday during Easter or Christmas/New Year, we are always behind our desk serving our customers
- Excellent Uptime Rate – Our key strength in delivering the service to you is to maintain our server uptime rate. We never ever happy to see your site goes down and we truly understand that it will hurt your online business. If your service is down, it will certainly become our pain and we will certainly look for the right pill to kill the pain ASAP
- High Performance and Reliable Server – We never ever overload our server with tons of clients. We always load balance our server to make sure we can deliver an excellent service, coupling with the high performance and reliable server
- Experts in Sharepoint 2010 Hosting – Given the scale of our environments, we have recruited and developed some of the best talent in the hosting technology that you are using. Our team is strong because of the experience and talents of the individuals who make up ASPHostCentral
- Daily Backup Service – We realise that your website is very important to your business and hence, we never ever forget to create a daily backup. Your database and website are backup every night into a permanent remote tape drive to ensure that they are always safe and secure. The backup is always ready and available anytime you need it.
- Easy Site Administration – With our powerful control panel, you can always administer most of your site features easily without even needing to contact for our Support Team. Additionally, you can also install more than 100 FREE applications directly via our Control Panel in 1 minute!

Making people more productive is a direct result of enabling them to access resources and knowledge regardless of where they are and what device they use, through a user experience optimized for usability and adoption.

DotNetNuke is the leading web content management system (CMS) and application development framework for Microsoft .NET. DotNetNuke Community Edition is provided FREE of charge and our Control Panel allows you to install the latest DotNetNuke Community Edition with just a SINGLE Click on your mouse.

DotNetNuke is a web content management system (WCM or CMS) and application development framework which enables businesses to quickly build and deploy feature-rich, interactive web sites and applications in Microsoft .NET. An intuitive, menu-driven interface allows even non-technical users to easily create new sites or extend the functionality and features of their existing web site.

DotNetNuke is the world’s most widely adopted framework for building web solutions on Microsoft Windows Server. DotNetNuke powers over 400,000 portals, intranets, extranets, and public web sites. An enthusiastic open source community with more than 700,000 registered members supports the platform

Within minutes of installing DotNetNuke, a person with no programming experience can create an original, dynamic web site.  A DotNetNuke web content management (WCM or CMS) or application development framework user with little technical expertise can create new pages of content using pre-built content types (modules) like announcements, discussions, events, FAQs, feedback forms, and images.  Users can create  membership roles, send bulk emails, and define secure sections for registered site users only.  These users can even create banner advertising, customize the site’s appearance, and submit the site to search engines

Reasons to trust your DotNetNuke website to us

What we think makes ASPHostCentral.com so compelling is how deeply integrated all the pieces are. We integrate and centralize everything–from the systems to the control panel software to the process of buying a domain name. For us, that means we can innovate literally everywhere. We’ve put the guys who develop the software and the administrators who watch over the server right next to the 24-hour Fanatical Support team, so we all learn from each other

- 24/7-based Support – We never fall asleep and we run a service that is operating 24/7 a year. Even everyone is on holiday during Easter or Christmas/New Year, we are always behind our desk serving our customers
- Excellent Uptime Rate – Our key strength in delivering the service to you is to maintain our server uptime rate. We never ever happy to see your site goes down and we truly understand that it will hurt your online business. If your service is down, it will certainly become our pain and we will certainly look for the right pill to kill the pain ASAP
- High Performance and Reliable Server – We never ever overload our server with tons of clients. We always load balance our server to make sure we can deliver an excellent service, coupling with the high performance and reliable server
- Experts in DotNetNuke Hosting – Given the scale of our environments, we have recruited and developed some of the best talent in the hosting technology that you are using. Our team is strong because of the experience and talents of the individuals who make up ASPHostCentral
- Daily Backup Service – We realise that your website is very important to your business and hence, we never ever forget to create a daily backup. Your database and website are backup every night into a permanent remote tape drive to ensure that they are always safe and secure. The backup is always ready and available anytime you need it.
- Easy Site Administration – With our powerful control panel, you can always administer most of your site features easily without even needing to contact for our Support Team. Additionally, you can also install more than 100 FREE applications directly via our Control Panel in 1 minute!

 

ASP.NET MVC 2 is a framework for developing highly testable and maintainable Web applications by leveraging the Model-View-Controller (MVC) pattern. If you are looking to host your ASP.NET MVC 2 website, you can consider ASPHostCentral.com as we have supported this latest framework.

The framework encourages developers to maintain a clear separation of concerns among the responsibilities of the application – the UI logic using the view, user-input handling using the controller, and the domain logic using the model. ASP.NET MVC applications are easily testable using techniques such as test-driven development (TDD).

The installation package includes templates and tools for Visual Studio 2008 SP 1 to increase productivity when writing ASP.NET MVC applications. For example, the Add View dialog box takes advantage of customizable code generation (T4) templates to generate a view based on a model object.

The default project template allows the developer to automatically hook up a unit-test project that is associated with the ASP.NET MVC application. Because the ASP.NET MVC framework is built on ASP.NET 3.5 SP 1, developers can take advantage of existing ASP.NET features like authentication and authorization, profile settings, localization, and so on.

System Requirements:

Supported Operating Systems: Windows 7; Windows Server 2003; Windows Server 2008; Windows Vista .NET 3.5 SP1. Visual Studio 2008, Visual Studio 2008 SP1 or Visual Web Developer 2008 SP1 are required to use certain parts of this feature

Reasons to trust your ASP.NET MVC 2 website to us

What we think makes ASPHostCentral.com so compelling is how deeply integrated all the pieces are. We integrate and centralize everything–from the systems to the control panel software to the process of buying a domain name. For us, that means we can innovate literally everywhere. We’ve put the guys who develop the software and the admins who watch over the server right next to the 24-hour Fanatical Support team, so we all learn from each other

- 24/7-based Support – We never fall asleep and we run a service that is operating 24/7 a year. Even everyone is on holiday during Easter or Christmas/New Year, we are always behind our desk serving our customers
- Excellent Uptime Rate – Our key strength in delivering the service to you is to maintain our server uptime rate. We never ever happy to see your site goes down and we truly understand that it will hurt your online business. If your service is down, it will certainly become our pain and we will certainly look for the right pill to kill the pain ASAP
- High Performance and Reliable Server – We never ever overload our server with tons of clients. We always load balance our server to make sure we can deliver an excellent service, coupling with the high performance and reliable server
- Experts in ASP.NET MVC 2 Hosting – Given the scale of our environments, we have recruited and developed some of the best talent in the hosting technology that you are using. Our team is strong because of the experience and talents of the individuals who make up ASPHostCentral
- Daily Backup Service – We realise that your website is very important to your business and hence, we never ever forget to create a daily backup. Your database and website are backup every night into a permanent remote tape drive to ensure that they are always safe and secure. The backup is always ready and available anytime you need it.
- Easy Site Administration – With our powerful control panel, you can always administer most of your site features easily without even needing to contact for our Support Team. Additionally, you can also install more than 100 FREE applications directly via our Control Panel in 1 minute!

Silverlight helps you create rich web applications that run on Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. ASPHostCentral.com is a premier provider of Silverlight 3 + RIA Services technology and you can start hosting your Silverlight 3 by paying from as low as $4.99/month only.

The following list encompasses all changes made between the Silverlight Toolkit March 2009 release and the Silverlight Toolkit July 2009 release.

1 – TimePicker / TimeUpDown
* Setting an initial value will be propagated correctly.
* Full UI Automation hierarchy implimented.
* Renamed the BalloonHint states to TimeHint.
* Various minor bug fixes.

2 – TransitioningContentControl
* Changed the template to have two ContentPresenters instead of ContentControls.
* Fixed bug where switching between content would raise exception in certain scenarios.
* Handles setting the Transition to a transition that is not yet there (if template hasn’t been loaded yet).

3 – DomainUpDown
* Space bar now moves the DomainUpDown into edit mode.
* Better handling of mouse-events in edit mode.

4 – Charting Faetures
* WPF is now an official platform for Charting!
* Breaking Change: IRequireGlobalSeriesIndex’s GlobalSeriesIndexChanged method takes a nullable int parameter.
* Improved performance of internal data structures for many common scenarios.
* Numerous bug fixes for animation inconsistencies between Silverlight and WPF.
* Fixed handling of data objects with non-unique hash codes.

5 – AutoCompleteBox
* Breaking Change: The “DropDownToggle” template part of type ToggleButton has been removed.
* Breaking Change: New template part: “Selector”, typeof(Selector).
* Breaking Change: Renamed virtual method: TryGetSelectionAdapter(object o) is now GetSelectionAdapterPart().
* Breaking Change: AutoCompleteSearchMode is now AutoCompleteFilterMode (enum).

6 – ItemsControlExtensions
Provides useful extensions to ItemsControl:

* Get various collections representing the items and their containers.
* Get an items host or ScrollViewer.

7 – ScrollViewerExtensions
Provides useful extensions to ScrollViewer to make basic scrolling tasks easier:

* Enable mouse wheel scrolling in XAML!
* Scroll by page or line.
* Scroll to top, bottom, left or right.
* Scroll items into view.

8 – TreeViewExtensions
Provides useful extensions to TreeView and TreeViewItem to greatly simplify common TreeView tasks:
* Set selected item
* Easily add connecting lines and CheckBoxes
* Expand and collapse items.
* Get items and their containers for parents, siblings and descendants.
* Get path.

With this new Silverlight Toolkit, you can now enjoy more seamless web development experience with Silverlight 3.

Zen Cart™ is the art of e-commerce; free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software. It puts the merchants and shoppers requirements first. There are hundreds of shopping cart programs available, but none come close to offering the level of options, features and support available with Zen Cart.

There are hundreds of shopping cart programs available, but none come close to offering the level of options, features and support available with Zen Cart™. Even the commercial programs have a hard time competing.

Additional ZenCart Information

Zen Cart™ truly is the art of e-commerce; free, user-friendly, open source shopping cart software. The ecommerce web site design program is being developed by a group of like-minded shop owners, programmers, designers, and consultants that think ecommerce web design could be and should be done differently.

Some shopping cart solutions seem to be complicated programming exercises instead of responding to users’ needs, Zen Cart™ puts the merchants and shoppers requirements first. Similarly, other shopping cart software programs are nearly impossible to install and use without an IT degree, Zen Cart™ can be installed and set-up by anyone with the most basic web site building and computer skills.

There are hundreds of shopping cart programs available, but none come close to offering the level of options, features and support available with Zen Cart™. Even the commercial programs have a hard time competing

Reason to trust your ZenCart Shopping Cart site to ASPHostCentral.com

What we think makes ASPHostCentral.com so compelling is how deeply integrated all the pieces are. We integrate and centralize everything–from the systems to the control panel software to the process of buying a domain name. For us, that means we can innovate literally everywhere. We’ve put the guys who develop the software and the admins who watch over the server right next to the 24-hour Fanatical Support team, so we all learn from each other

- 24/7-based Support – We never fall asleep and we run a service that is operating 24/7 a year. Even everyone is on holiday during Easter or Christmas/New Year, we are always behind our desk serving our customers.
- Excellent Uptime Rate – Our key strength in delivering the service to you is to maintain our server uptime rate. We never ever happy to see your site goes down and we truly understand that it will hurt your onlines business. If your service is down, it will certainly become our pain and we will certainly look for the right pill to kill the pain ASAP.
- High Performance and Reliable Server – We never ever overload our server with tons of clients. We always load balance our server to make sure we can deliver an excellent service, coupling with the high performance and reliable server.
- Experts in ZenCart Hosting – Given the scale of our environment, we have recruited and developed some of the best talent in the hosting technology that you are using. Our team is strong because of the experience and talents of the individuals who make up ASPHostCentral.
- Daily Backup Service – We realise that your website is very important to your business and hence, we never ever forget to create a daily backup. Your database and website are backup every night into a permanent remote tape drive to ensure that they are always safe and secure. The backup is always ready and available anytime you need it.
- Easy Site Administration – With our powerful control panel, you can always administer most of your site features easily without even needing to contact for our Support Team. Additionally, you can also install more than 100 FREE applications directly via our Control Panel in 1 minute!

Moodle is a course management system designed to help educators who want to create quality online courses. The software is used all over the world by universities, schools, companies and independent teachers. Moodle is open source and completely free to use.

Moodle is easier to install than most other web applications, but if you aren’t familiar with Unix and other web technology then any installation can seem daunting.

Reasons to trust your Moodle website to us

What we think makes ASPHostCentral.com so compelling is how deeply integrated all the pieces are. We integrate and centralize everything–from the systems to the control panel software to the process of buying a domain name. For us, that means we can innovate literally everywhere. We’ve put the guys who develop the software and the admins who watch over the server right next to the 24-hour Fanatical Support team, so we all learn from each other

- 24/7-based Support – We never fall asleep and we run a service that is operating 24/7 a year. Even everyone is on holiday during Easter or Christmas/New Year, we are always behind our desk serving our customers
- Excellent Uptime Rate – Our key strength in delivering the service to you is to maintain our server uptime rate. We never ever happy to see your site goes down and we truly understand that it will hurt your onlines business. If your service is down, it will certainly become our pain and we will certainly look for the right pill to kill the pain ASAP
- High Performance and Reliable Server – We never ever overload our server with tons of clients. We always load balance our server to make sure we can deliver an excellent service, coupling with the high performance and reliable server
- Experts in Moodle Hosting – Given the scale of our environment, we have recruited and developed some of the best talent in the hosting technology that you are using. Our team is strong because of the experience and talents of the individuals who make up ASPHostCentral
- Daily Backup Service – We realise that your website is very important to your business and hence, we never ever forget to create a daily backup. Your database and website are backup every night into a permanent remote tape drive to ensure that they are always safe and secure. The backup is always ready and available anytime you need it.
- Easy Site Administration – With our powerful control panel, you can always administer most of your site features easily without even needing to contact for our Support Team. Additionally, you can also install more than 100 FREE applications directly via our Control Panel in 1 minute!

Xaraya is a cutting edge, open source, web application framework (written in PHP) on which developers can create sophisticated web applications and designers enjoy considerable flexibility

In the simplest terms, Xaraya reduces web site development costs by introducing sophisticated administration tools & services which separate form, function, content, and design. With Xaraya, you work in a simple, structured environment to rapidly develop websites with diverse content, and customizable and functionality

With developers spanning five continents and over ten languages, the Xaraya Development Team is a blend of some of the best and brightest developers found in the open source community. We expect the best of one another. As a result, you can expect the best from Xaraya

Xaraya Features & Requirements

Xaraya is a web application development framework. Whether you are looking at intranet, extranet, a personal or corporate website, content management system (CMS) or specific web based applications, Xaraya has the framework, and tools to allow you to quickly create the site, functionality and content you want and need.

With Xaraya you can choose options, a set number of extensions (modules) that are integral to the core framework, and additional extensions – all dependant on the functionality you need. Many options can be preconfigured at installation time and of course can be changed after installation. Customization can be done via web based configuration screens, or programmaticaly using inbuilt wizards, development tools and examples to allow rapid customization

Xaraya has several features at its heart that make development fast and easy

- Robust, Extensible API – Central to Xaraya’s architecture is its Application Programming Interface. With the API, developers can easily access, and manipulate when applicable, data related to the server environment, current request, modules, users, and Xaraya’s subsystems
- Powerful Security and Privileges – Xaraya is designed to “scrub” all input by default using strict data validation. This prevents most types of web based attacks, such as XSS (cross site scripting)
- Dynamic Data – Xaraya often organizes data into objects. Dynamic Data (DD) allows users to create custom objects, or extend objects defined by modules, with Properties. Numerous Property types are provided by default, and many modules provide additional Property types
- BlockLayout – Xaraya makes every effort to separate code from presentation; BlockLayout (BL) is our templating system. BlockLayout defines a set of XML tags which are used to control presentation of data, requiring minimal PHP knowledge to work with templates. Any template provided by a module can be replaced in a theme, allowing complete customization of design and layout
- Multi-Language System – Xaraya is completely translateable with its Multi-Language System (MLS). Any text and some data (such as dates) can be localized. Xaraya currently supports more than 20 languages
- Web Based Installer – Once Xaraya is uploaded to a server, it can be installed over the web in just a few clicks

Reasons to trust your Xaraya website to us

What we think makes ASPHostCentral.com so compelling is how deeply integrated all the pieces are. We integrate and centralize everything–from the systems to the control panel software to the process of buying a domain name. For us, that means we can innovate literally everywhere. We’ve put the guys who develop the software and the admins who watch over the server right next to the 24-hour Fanatical Support team, so we all learn from each other

- 24/7-based Support – We never fall asleep and we run a service that is operating 24/7 a year. Even everyone is on holiday during Easter or Christmas/New Year, we are always behind our desk serving our customers
- Excellent Uptime Rate – Our key strength in delivering the service to you is to maintain our server uptime rate. We never ever happy to see your site goes down and we truly understand that it will hurt your onlines business. If your service is down, it will certainly become our pain and we will certainly look for the right pill to kill the pain ASAP
- High Performance and Reliable Server – We never ever overload our server with tons of clients. We always load balance our server to make sure we can deliver an excellent service, coupling with the high performance and reliable server
- Experts in Xaraya Hosting – Given the scale of our environment, we have recruited and developed some of the best talent in the hosting technology that you are using. Our team is strong because of the experience and talents of the individuals who make up ASPHostCentral
- Daily Backup Service – We realise that your website is very important to your business and hence, we never ever forget to create a daily backup. Your database and website are backup every night into a permanent remote tape drive to ensure that they are always safe and secure. The backup is always ready and available anytime you need it.
- Easy Site Administration – With our powerful control panel, you can always administer most of your site features easily without even needing to contact for our Support Team. Additionally, you can also install more than 100 FREE applications directly via our Control Panel in 1 minute!

Deploying Silverlight content to a production web server is a pretty easy process. Despite occasional misconception, Silverlight doesn’t require a Microsoft-based web server: Apache can host up Silverlight content just as happily as IIS. However, in case you need to host your Silverlight website on a Windows-based environment, you can always consider ASPHostCentral.com

But there’s one little gotcha: web servers are typically configured to only serve up a limited set of known file extensions as static content. That’s all well and good, but Silverlight introduces two new file extensions (.xaml for loose XAML files and .xap for the zip-based binary packaging format). As a result, you need to add the MIME types for those file extensions to your web server so that it recognizes Silverlight content appropriately. Here are the MIME types you need to add to the server configuration:

Extension	MIME Type
.xaml	application/xaml+xml
.xap	application/x-silverlight-app

That’s all you have to do. Unfortunately, it’s not possible to provide generic instructions for how to add MIME types, as it varies from server to server, but here are some links for various common web servers:

• Apache (2.0, 1.3)
• IIS (7 / 6.0 / 5.0 / 4.0)
• lighttpd
• Sun Java System Web Server

While you’re updating the list of MIME types served, you might want to also add the relevant types to your web server to support WPF and ClickOnce applications. Here are the additional items you’ll need:

Extension	MIME Type
.manifest	application/manifest
.application	application/x-ms-application
.xbap	application/x-ms-xbap
.deploy	application/octet-stream
.xps	application/vnd.ms-xpsdocument

But what if you’re hosting your Silverlight application on a shared hosting service and your hoster doesn’t give you access to change these settings? The good news is that there are two options available to you. Obviously, you could take advantage of Silverlight Streaming, our Silverlight hosting service for up to 10GB of Silverlight content.

Alternatively, you can “cheat” the web server by renaming the XAP file extension to a compatible MIME type. The XAP container is ZIP-based, so you can simply rename the output file from .xap to .zip and change the source param within the object tag contained in the HTML file to point to the new file location. Click on this hyperlink to see the technique in action – it’s a plain HTML file that points to a ZIP file (containing the Silverlight content).

One last piece of good news: IIS 7, included in Windows Server 2008, already includes all the relevant MIME types for both WPF and Silverlight, including both .xap and .xaml extensions, so if you’re using Windows Server 2008, you’re all set. (The same applies to a clean install of Windows Vista SP1, although if you upgrade from the RTM to the SP1 release, your settings will remain unchanged until you uninstall and reinstall the IIS feature).