Site.vb and Web.config

Site.vb

Site class consists of shared properties which store the configurations of the entire site. These properties get their values from the web.config file using the ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings.

Following are the properties of the site class:

        '*************************************************
        '
        ' FilesTypesToSearch ReadOnly Property
        '
        ' Retrieve FilesTypesToSearch of the site
        '
        '*************************************************
        Public Shared ReadOnly Property FilesTypesToSearch() As String
            Get
               Return ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("FilesTypesToSearch")
            End Get
        End Property
        
        '*************************************************
        '
        ' DynamicFilesTypesToSearch ReadOnly Property
        '
        ' Retrieve FilesTypesToSearch of the site
        '
        '*************************************************
        Public Shared ReadOnly Property DynamicFilesTypesToSearch() As String
            Get
               Return ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("DynamicFilesTypesToSearch")
            End Get
        End Property
        '*************************************************
        '
        ' BarredFolders ReadOnly Property
        '
        ' Retrieve BarredFolders of the site
        '
        '*************************************************
        Public Shared ReadOnly Property BarredFolders() As String
            Get
               Return ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("BarredFolders")
            End Get
        End Property

        '*************************************************
        '
        ' BarredFiles ReadOnly Property
        '
        ' Retrieve BarredFiles of the site
        '
        '*************************************************
        Public Shared ReadOnly Property BarredFiles() As String
            Get
               Return ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("BarredFiles")
            End Get
        End Property

        '*************************************************
        '
        ' EnglishLanguage Property
        '
        ' Retrieve EnglishLanguage of the site
        '
        '*************************************************
        Public Shared ReadOnly Property EnglishLanguage() As String
            Get
               Return ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("EnglishLanguage")
            End Get
        End Property
         
        '*********************************************************************
        '
        ' Encoding Property
        '
        ' Retreive Encoding of the site
        '
        '*********************************************************************
        Public Shared ReadOnly Property Encoding() As String
            Get
                Return ConfigurationSettings.AppSettings("Encoding")
            End Get
        End Property
		
        '**********************************************************
        '
        ' ApplicationPath Property
        '
        'Assign and retrieve ApplicationPath of the site
        '
        '**********************************************************
        Public Property ApplicationPath() As String
            Get
                Return m_ApplicationPath
            End Get
            Set(ByVal Value As String)
                m_ApplicationPath = Value
            End Set
        End Property
		

Web.config

The ASP.NET configuration system features an extensible infrastructure that enables you to define configuration settings at the time your ASP.NET applications are first deployed, so that you can add or revise configuration settings at any time, with minimal impact on operational Web applications and servers. Multiple configuration files, all named Web.config, can appear in multiple directories on an ASP.NET Web application server. Each Web.config file applies configuration settings to its own directory and all child directories below it. As mentioned earlier, the site configurations can be assigned in the web.config file.

<appSettings>

  <!-- Place the names of the files types you want searching  
  in the following line separated by commas -->

  <add key="FilesTypesToSearch" value=".htm,.html,.asp,.shtml,.aspx" 
  /> 
	<!--  Place the names of the dynamic files types you want 
  searching in the following line separated by commas -->
         
 <add key="DynamicFilesTypesToSearch" value=".asp,.shtml,.aspx" />  

  <!-- Place the names of the folders you don't  
  want searched in the following line separated by commas--> 

  <add key="BarredFolders" 
    value="aspnet_client,_private,_vti_cnf,_vti_log,_vti_pvt,_vti_script,_vti_txt,cgi_bin,_bin,bin,_notes,images,scripts" 
  />

  <!-- Place the names of the files you don't want searched in the  
  following line separated by commas include the file extension--> 

  <add key="BarredFiles" 
   value="EnglishLanguage" value="True" /> 

  <!-- Set this to the Encoding of the web site-->     
  <add key="Encoding" value="utf-8" />    

  </appSettings>