Making an IIS virtual directory for findinsite-ms

If you are running Internet Information Services (IIS) on your computer or have full access to your main server, then you can set up an IIS virtual directory. A virtual directory does not exist in the normal web site folder (eg \inetpub\wwwroot\. Instead, a virtual directory is an alias that refers to a real directory in another location (on the same computer).

Having installed findinsite-ms, you can make a virtual directory for one of two locations:

• The findinsite-ms documentation: eg C:\Program Files\PHD\fisMS\
• The findinsite-ms runtime: eg C:\Program Files\PHD\fisMS\runtime\

To test findinsite-ms, including the Search API examples, make a virtual directory for the findinsite-ms documentation. For a production environment, make a virtual directory for the findinsite-ms runtime.

Steps to make a virtual directory

1. 1. Start the IIS Manager, eg "Start+All Programs+Administrative Tools+Internet Information Services".
      In IIS7, to run IIS Manager, create a shortcut on your desktop that runs C:\Windows\System32\inetsrv\InetMgr.exe or equivalent.
   2. Expand the folders on the left.
   3. Right-click on the "Default Web Site" or equivalent.
   4. Select "New+Virtual Directory..."
      In IIS7, select "Add Application..."

   In IIS 5, it looks like this:

   

   In IIS 6, it looks like this:

   

   In IIS 7, right click on a web site and click on Add Application:

   

2. For IIS5 and IIS6:
   • In the Virtual Directory Creation Wizard, click Next.
     

   • Enter an alias for FindinSite-MS (eg findinsite) and click Next.
     

   • Select a source directory, eg the FindinSite-MS installation directory C:\Program Files\PHD\fisMS\, and click Next.
     

   • Select 'Read' and 'Run scripts' permissions, and click Next.
     

   • Once complete, click Next.
     
3. For IIS7, enter the new application name, eg findinsite and the physical path, eg C:\Program Files\PHD\fisMS\.

Now return to the installation instructions.