typo3 htaccess to web.config conversion - comments please

typo3_web.config.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<!--
#####
#
# Example web.config file for TYPO3 CMS - for use with IIS webServer
#
# This file includes settings for the following configuration options:
#
# - Compression via TYPO3
# - Settings for mod_rewrite (URL-Rewriting)
# - PHP optimisation
# - Miscellaneous
#
# This attempts to be a direct conversion from the .htaccess apache rules


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#
# If you want to use it, you have to copy it to the root folder of your TYPO3 installation
# (if its not there already) and rename it to 'web.config'. 

 GitHub Gist does not save tha language type so I added the .xml extension

#
# IMPORTANT: You may need to change this file depending on your TYPO3 installation!
#
# Lines starting with a # are treated as comment and ignored by the web server.
#
# You should change every occurrence of TYPO3root/ to the location where you have your website in.
# For example:
# If you have your website located at http://mysite.com/
# then your TYPO3root/ is just empty (remove 'TYPO3root/')
# If you have your website located at http://mysite.com/some/path/
# then your TYPO3root/ is some/path/ (search and replace)
#
#
#	Be aware: Comments in xml are not made with # as in .htaccess
#	Look for the settings between the arrows, and comment/uncomment as needed.
#	
#	WARNING: EDITING IIS SITE SETTINGS WITH THE GUI WILL CHANGE THIS FILE
#			 AND MAY REMOVE THE COMMENTS THAT CONTAIN VALUABLE SETTINGS
#
# Questions about this file go to the matching Install mailing list, see
# http://typo3.org/documentation/mailing-lists/
#
####	
-->

<configuration>

	<!-- Allow Rewrites -->
	<configSections>
		<sectionGroup name="system.webServer">
			<sectionGroup name="rewrite">
				<section name="rewriteMaps" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />
				<section name="rules" overrideModeDefault="Allow" />
			</sectionGroup>
		</sectionGroup>
	</configSections>

	<system.webServer>
		<!-- 
		### Begin: Compression via TYPO3 ###

		# Compressing resource files will save bandwidth and so improve loading speed especially for users
		# with slower internet connections. TYPO3 can compress the .js and .css files for you.
		# *) Uncomment the following lines and
		# *) Set $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['compressionLevel'] = '9' for the Backend
		# *) Set $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['FE']['compressionLevel'] = '9' together with the TypoScript properties
		#    config.compressJs and config.compressCss for GZIP compression of Frontend JS and CSS files.
        *** The .htaccess rules commented out by default so remove the arrows to uncomment
		-->
		<!--
		<httpCompression directory="%SystemDrive%\inetpub\temp\IIS Temporary Compressed Files">
			<scheme name="gzip" dll="%Windir%\system32\inetsrv\gzip.dll"/>
			<dynamicTypes>
				<add mimeType="text/css" enabled="true"/>
				<add mimeType="application/javascript" enabled="true"/>
			</dynamicTypes>
			<staticTypes>
				<add mimeType="text/ccs" enabled="true"/>
				<add mimeType="application/javascript" enabled="true"/>
			</staticTypes>
		</httpCompression>
		<urlCompression doStaticCompression="true" doDynamicCompression="true"/>
		-->
		<!--
		If you have problems see
		http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15499956/iis-7-5-static-content-compression-not-consistent
		### End: Compression via TYPO3 ### 

		
		### Begin: Browser caching of ressource files ###

		# Enable long browser caching for JavaScript and CSS files.
		
		# This affects Frontend and Backend and increases performance.
		# You can also add other file extensions (like gif, png, jpg), if you want them to be longer cached, too.
		-->
		<caching>         
			<profiles>
				<add extension=".js" policy="CacheForTimePeriod" kernelCachePolicy="CacheForTimePeriod" duration="7:00:00:00" />
				<add extension=".css" policy="CacheForTimePeriod" kernelCachePolicy="CacheForTimePeriod" duration="7:00:00:00" />
			</profiles>
		</caching>
		<!--
		### End: Browser caching of ressource files ###
		
		### Begin: Settings for mod_rewrite ###
		-->
		<rewrite>
			<rules>
				<clear />
				
				<!--			
				# Change this path, if your TYPO3 installation is located in a subdirectory of the website root.
				#RewriteBase /
				
				# Rules to set ApplicationContext based on hostname
				#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^dev\.example\.com$
				#RewriteRule .? - [E=TYPO3_CONTEXT:Development]
				#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^staging\.example\.com$
				#RewriteRule .? - [E=TYPO3_CONTEXT:Production/Staging]
				#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com$
				#RewriteRule .? - [E=TYPO3_CONTEXT:Production]
				***NOT SUPPORTED ON IIS or done different***
	
				# Rule for versioned static files, configured through:
				# - $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['BE']['versionNumberInFilename']
				# - $TYPO3_CONF_VARS['FE']['versionNumberInFilename']
				# IMPORTANT: This rule has to be the very first RewriteCond in order to work!
				RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
				RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
				RewriteRule ^(.+)\.(\d+)\.(php|js|css|png|jpg|gif|gzip)$ $1.$3 [L]

				This is equivalent to the following iis rule 
				-->				
				<rule name="Static Files" stopProcessing="true">
					<match url="^(.+)\.(\d+)\.(php|js|css|png|jpg|gif|gzip)$" />
					<action type="Rewrite" url="{R:1}.{R:3}" />
				</rule>
				
				<!--
				# Basic security checks
				# - Restrict access to deleted files in Recycler directories
				# - Restrict access to TypoScript files in default templates directories
				# - Restrict access to Private extension directories
				-->				
				<rule name="Block Recycling Bin">
					<match url="^fileadmin/(.*/)?_recycler_/"  />
					<action type="Abort" />
				</rule>
				<rule name="Block Template ts and txt">
					<match url="^fileadmin/templates/.*(\.txt|\.ts)$"  />
					<action type="Abort" />
				</rule>
				<rule name="Block Private Resources">
					<match url="^typo3conf/ext/[^/]+/Resources/Private/"  />
					<action type="Abort" />
				</rule>			
				
				<!--
				# Stop rewrite processing, if we are in the typo3/ directory.
				-->
				<rule name="Don't redirect these" stopProcessing="true">
					<match url="^(typo3/|fileadmin/|typo3conf/|typo3temp/|uploads/|favicon\.ico)"  />
					<action type="None" />
				</rule>

			
				<!--
				# If the file/symlink/directory does not exist => Redirect to index.php.

				# Main URL rewriting.
				-->			
				<rule name="Rewrite Rule remaining Conditions" patternSyntax="Wildcard">
					<match url="*" />
						<conditions>
							<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
							<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
						</conditions>
					<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
				</rule>

				<!--
				### End: Settings for mod_rewrite ###
				
				# Add your own rules here.
				# ...
						
				# Make IIS behave like apache
				<rule name="Add trailing slash" stopProcessing="true">
					<match url="(.*[^/])$" />
					<conditions>
						<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
						<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="false" />
				  </conditions>
				  <action type="Redirect" redirectType="Permanent" url="{R:1}/" />
				</rule>
				-->
				
			</rules>
		</rewrite>
		
		<!--
		### Begin: PHP optimisation ###

		# If you do not change the following settings, the default values will be used.
		# TYPO3 works fine with register_globals turned off.
		# This is highly recommended, if your web server has it turned on.
		#php_flag register_globals off
		*** TURN THIS OFF IN PHP.INI and its commented out ***
		*** Probably should be some other items in this section ****
		### End: PHP optimisation ###
		
	   
		### Begin: Miscellaneous ###

		# Make sure that directory listings are disabled. (this is commented out but its a good idea)
		-->
		<directoryBrowse enabled="false" />
		
		<!-- 
		# Just in case... (commented out for me)

		<defaultDocument>
		  <files>
			<clear />
			<add value="index.php" />
			<add value="index.html" />
		  </files>
		</defaultDocument>
		-->

		<!-- 
		# show errors (in order to see things on iis disable some security)
		-->
		<httpErrors errorMode="Detailed" existingResponse="PassThrough" />
		
			
	</system.webServer>
	<system.web>
		<customErrors mode="Off" />
	</system.web>
		<!--
		### End: Miscellaneous ###
		-->
</configuration>