Helicon Ape Management using IIS 7 ManagerAfter installation of Helicon Ape (Full or Free Edition) on Windows 2008 Server or Windows 7 you have a possibility to edit httpd.conf and .htaccess files directly in IIS Manager in the same way as in Helicon Ape Manager. 
To edit particular .htaccess file select the corresponding folder in the sites tree and double-click on Helicon Ape icon. To configure httpd.conf select the tree root (usually having the host name). 
Helicon Ape snap-in empowers you to manage not only configuration files but also licenses via License Manager available in Help -> License Manager. In IIS 7 the remote administering functionality was introduced. It became possible to manage IIS on remote server from local machine even with Windows XP on it. Here's the Microsoft story about it. Let's have a closer look at this function. Capabilities of remote IIS Manager are outlined here. IIS Manager itself may be downloaded here.
Summing up it's worth mentioning that this remote management functionality may be particularly useful for shared hosting clients as they get an opportunity to handle their site(s) by themselves without having to bother the server administrator on the slightest occasion. |
