Don Xml's Grok This

	Now Using Http Compression Taking my cue from Dare and ScottW, I updated my .Text 0.95 install to now use Ben Lowery's HttpCompression Module.  I downloaded the code, recompiled it for .Net 1.1, added the dlls to my bin directory, and updated my web.config file.  It was very easy to install.  If you notice any problems, please let me know. Since I release my XAML clock article, bandwidth has gone thru the roof.  I’m sure glad that WebHosting4Life has unlimited monthly bandwidth.   But, I also don’t want to ruin a good thing.  I know that there are other .Net bloggers (GeekWithBlogs and Rory to name 2) that use Webhosting4Life, and I’m worried that if we don’t monitor our bandwidth usage Webhosting4Life may have to change their policy (or even worse, affect each other’s site performance). DonXML Demsak Share this post: email it! | bookmark it! | digg it! | reddit! | kick it! | live it! Published Friday, January 09, 2004 6:30 AM by donxml Filed under: .Net Comment Notification If you would like to receive an email when updates are made to this post, please register here Subscribe to this post's comments using RSS Comments Ben Lowery said: Hi Don, Let me know how things go with the module... :) There are a couple known bugs that I'll list on the web page in a few minutes. January 9, 2004 7:12 AM Scott said: Don, Ben pointed this out on his blog, but you should note, Server.Transfer does not work with compression (although he has a link to a fix I did not know about) Why should you care? Since so much of .Text is virtual, the Error page is loaded using a Server.Tranfer. Not really a big deal, but if you ever see a blank page...you will know why. My recommendation was to use it on your RSS pages, since these account for probably 90% of your traffic and most visitors will never see the error message anyway. -Scott January 9, 2004 10:08 AM TrackBack said: August 4, 2004 8:02 AM TrackBack said: August 4, 2004 8:03 AM

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I’m an independent consultant, specializing in .Net solutions architecture, based out of New Jersey who also doubles as an evangelist for XML, Domain Driven Design, enterprise architecture and .Net. I do not work for Microsoft, the W3C or any other big company that you may know of (at least not yet). I’ve been an indie for over ten years, and although I’ve been tempted a couple times to take a job with companies like Microsoft, I’ve haven’t found something better than my current situation. I work mostly with the large pharmaceuticals that are based here in New Jersey, and usually find myself on long term contracts. Definitely not the prototypical indie consultant, but it lets me dedicate time to my non-income generating activities like the developer community stuff, plus financing open source projects like XPathmania and MVP-XML. If you would like to talk to me about doing some contract work, just contact me via the contact page. My rates vary widely, depending on lots of different variables, but mostly distance from Jersey, and type of work. Plus, I’ve been known to donate some of my code for various projects.