Hosting Silverlight on server for the first time

07-08-2009 6:09 PM |

Hi

I had a quick question. Im new to Silverlight and havent messed around with it much. I have a Silverlight app with the .xap file and all generated. I want to host the silverlight app on my windows server. Ive never had a silverlight app on the web server before.

What do i have to download (if any needed) on the server to host the app? According to what I know, since silverlight is a client side app, as long as the MIME is registered in the server, it should cause any issues when clients try to access it. Can anyone guide me on what I need to do.

Thanks

Re: Hosting Silverlight on server for the first time

07-09-2009 1:05 AM |

hi rtdaniel,

this is my response on other thread:

hi there, you need to make sure that you add the following MIME types on your site:

- application/x-ms-xbap .xbap
- application/xaml+xml .xaml
- application/x-silverlight-app .xap

If you are hosting your site with a host on a shared server, you need to check it with your current host, whether they have a control panel that allows you to manually insert these MIMEs. If you have a dedicated server, you need to go to your IIS Manager, click on your site, Properties and under the "HTTP Headers" tab, then click on the "Mime Types". Next, you just have to insert all the 3 MIMEs mentioned above. (assuming that you are using IIS6) I believe that this is not a difficult thing to do.

My current host, ASPHostCentral.com, as a control panel which allows me to automatically insert these MIMEs without even needing to RDP to the server. I am just paying an average $4.99/month to them and with such this capability, I am grateful and I certainly can recommend their services to you all.

Hope this helps....