Oops... Sorry, it doesn't work -----Original Message----- From: Scott Cadillac [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 2:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: server maintenance message
Yeah, for unexpected crashes my suggestion won't help. This particular issue has been discussed many times before. I don't think you can get around that hard-coded message by conventional methods. Good luck. > -----Original Message----- > From: Alan Wolfe [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 1:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: server maintenance message > > It does a bit yeah. > > Occaisionaly our server goes down and we have something in place to > start it back up again if it detects it's down. > > what i was hoping for was a friendly server maintenance message along > with something like "if you need help you can contact us at ...." > whenever the server was down, whether we brought it down manually or > if it just crashed and was in the process of restarting itself. > > I know you can do things like run a script if the server is down that > would put a message like this into play and then when the server was > back up, remove the message again, but was hoping there was a simple > way to do it with no manual intervention and no moving parts > hopefully. > > starting to look like a pipe dream though (: > > > > On 12/2/05, Scott Cadillac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Alan, > > With Win2003 Server, you have to configure a "Web Service Extension" > under > IIS to allow the Witango plugin to execute. > > If you temporarily "Prohibit" the Witango extension definition, then > IIS > responds with a 404 - and then you just have a 404 handler for your > website > that redirects to your Default.htm file (or whatever). > > When the Witango extension is "Allow", then the 404 handler should be > ignored for all your regular .taf file requests. > > Setting up a 404 handler in IIS is easy. Use the "Custom Errors" tab, > select > 404b and set "message type" to URL and type "/Default.htm". > > Hope that helps. > > From ~ Scott Cadillac, > Software Programmer For Hire > > Email ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone ~ 403-254-5002 > Web ~ http://www.xmlx.ca <http://www.xmlx.ca> > > Mail ~ XML-Extranet > P.O. Box 69006 > RPO Bridlewood SW > Calgary, Alberta > Canada T2Y 4T9 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alan Wolfe [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 9:38 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Witango-Talk: server maintenance message > > > > Hey guys, > > > > I was wondering, is there a way to make a custom page be > > displayed when someone hits a .taf, but witango is off? > > > > Sometimes we have to do system maintenance and shut down > > witango, but leave our web server on and it would be nice to > > say to the users that the system is down for maintenance and > > if they need help they can email as etc. > > > > We're on windows server 2003 and IIS if that makes a difference. > > > > Thanks! > > Alan > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > > __________ > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to > http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > <http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf> > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to > http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > <http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf > ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf ________________________________________________________________________ TO UNSUBSCRIBE: Go to http://www.witango.com/developer/maillist.taf
