the 'perfect' web.config starting point - rpk

gistfile1.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
	<configSections>
		<sectionGroup name="elmah">
			<section name="security" requirePermission="false" type="Elmah.SecuritySectionHandler, Elmah" />
			<section name="errorLog" requirePermission="false" type="Elmah.ErrorLogSectionHandler, Elmah" />
			<section name="errorMail" requirePermission="false" type="Elmah.ErrorMailSectionHandler, Elmah" />
			<section name="errorFilter" requirePermission="false" type="Elmah.ErrorFilterSectionHandler, Elmah" />
		</sectionGroup>
		<section name="log4net" type="log4net.Config.Log4NetConfigurationSectionHandler, log4net" />
	</configSections>
	<connectionStrings>
		<add name="APPLICATIONDATABASE" connectionString="Data Source=" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
		<add name="ApplicationServices" connectionString="Data Source" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
		<add name="elmah-sqlserver" connectionString="Data Source" providerName="System.Data.SqlClient" />
		<add name="NIMSEntities" connectionString="" providerName="System.Data.EntityClient" />
	</connectionStrings>
	<appSettings>
		<add key="webpages:Version" value="1.0.0.0" />
		<add key="ClientValidationEnabled" value="true" />
		<add key="UnobtrusiveJavaScriptEnabled" value="true" />
	</appSettings>
	<system.web>
		<compilation debug="true" targetFramework="4.0">
			<assemblies>
				<add assembly="System.Web.Abstractions, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
				<add assembly="System.Web.Helpers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
				<add assembly="System.Web.Routing, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
				<add assembly="System.Web.Mvc, Version=3.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
				<add assembly="System.Web.WebPages, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=31BF3856AD364E35" />
				<add assembly="System.Data.Entity, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
			</assemblies>
		</compilation>
		<authentication mode="Forms">
			<forms loginUrl="~/Account/LogOn" timeout="2880" />
		</authentication>
		<membership>
			<providers>
				<clear />
				<add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" enablePasswordRetrieval="false" enablePasswordReset="true" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" requiresUniqueEmail="false" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredPasswordLength="6" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" passwordAttemptWindow="10" applicationName="/" />
			</providers>
		</membership>
		<profile>
			<providers>
				<clear />
				<add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" applicationName="/" />
			</providers>
		</profile>
		<roleManager enabled="false">
			<providers>
				<clear />
				<add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider" connectionStringName="ApplicationServices" applicationName="/" />
				<add name="AspNetWindowsTokenRoleProvider" type="System.Web.Security.WindowsTokenRoleProvider" applicationName="/" />
			</providers>
		</roleManager>
		<pages>
			<namespaces>
				<add namespace="System.Web.Helpers" />
				<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc" />
				<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Ajax" />
				<add namespace="System.Web.Mvc.Html" />
				<add namespace="System.Web.Routing" />
				<add namespace="System.Web.WebPages" />
			</namespaces>
		</pages>
		<httpModules>
			<add name="ErrorLog" type="Elmah.ErrorLogModule, Elmah" />
			<add name="ErrorMail" type="Elmah.ErrorMailModule, Elmah" />
			<add name="ErrorFilter" type="Elmah.ErrorFilterModule, Elmah" />
		</httpModules>
		<httpHandlers>
			<add verb="POST,GET,HEAD" path="elmah.axd" type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah" />
		</httpHandlers>
	</system.web>
	<system.webServer>
		<validation validateIntegratedModeConfiguration="false" />
		<modules runAllManagedModulesForAllRequests="true">
			<add name="ErrorLog" type="Elmah.ErrorLogModule, Elmah" preCondition="managedHandler" />
			<add name="ErrorMail" type="Elmah.ErrorMailModule, Elmah" preCondition="managedHandler" />
			<add name="ErrorFilter" type="Elmah.ErrorFilterModule, Elmah" preCondition="managedHandler" />
		</modules>
		<handlers>
			<add name="Elmah" path="elmah.axd" verb="POST,GET,HEAD" type="Elmah.ErrorLogPageFactory, Elmah" preCondition="integratedMode" />
		</handlers>
		<!-- 
				GZip static file content.  Overrides the server default which only compresses static files over 2700 bytes
			-->
		<httpCompression directory="%SystemDrive%\websites\_compressed" minFileSizeForComp="1024">
			<scheme name="gzip" dll="%Windir%\system32\inetsrv\gzip.dll" />
			<staticTypes>
				<add mimeType="text/*" enabled="true" />
				<add mimeType="message/*" enabled="true" />
				<add mimeType="application/javascript" enabled="true" />
				<add mimeType="application/json" enabled="true" />
				<add mimeType="*/*" enabled="false" />
			</staticTypes>
		</httpCompression>
		<urlCompression doStaticCompression="true" />
		<staticContent>
			<!-- Set expire headers to 7 days for static content-->
			<!--<clientCache cacheControlMode="UseMaxAge" cacheControlMaxAge="7.00:00:00"/>-->
			<!-- Renable for deployment to client-->
			<!-- use utf-8 encoding for anything served text/plain or text/html -->
			<remove fileExtension=".css" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".css" mimeType="text/css" />
			<remove fileExtension=".js" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".js" mimeType="text/javascript" />
			<remove fileExtension=".json" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".json" mimeType="application/json" />
			<remove fileExtension=".rss" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".rss" mimeType="application/rss+xml; charset=UTF-8" />
			<remove fileExtension=".html" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".html" mimeType="text/html; charset=UTF-8" />
			<remove fileExtension=".xml" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".xml" mimeType="application/xml; charset=UTF-8" />
			<!-- HTML5 Audio/Video mime types-->
			<remove fileExtension=".mp3" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".mp3" mimeType="audio/mpeg" />
			<remove fileExtension=".mp4" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".mp4" mimeType="video/mp4" />
			<remove fileExtension=".ogg" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".ogg" mimeType="audio/ogg" />
			<remove fileExtension=".ogv" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".ogv" mimeType="video/ogg" />
			<remove fileExtension=".webm" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".webm" mimeType="video/webm" />
			<!-- Proper svg serving. Required for svg webfonts on iPad -->
			<remove fileExtension=".svg" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".svg" mimeType="image/svg+xml" />
			<remove fileExtension=".svgz" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".svgz" mimeType="image/svg+xml" />
			<!-- HTML4 Web font mime types -->
			<!-- Remove default IIS mime type for .eot which is application/octet-stream -->
			<remove fileExtension=".eot" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".eot" mimeType="application/vnd.ms-fontobject" />
			<remove fileExtension=".otf" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".otf" mimeType="font/otf" />
			<remove fileExtension=".woff" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".woff" mimeType="application/x-font-woff" />
			<remove fileExtension=".crx" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".crx" mimeType="application/x-chrome-extension" />
			<remove fileExtension=".xpi" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".xpi" mimeType="application/x-xpinstall" />
			<remove fileExtension=".safariextz" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".safariextz" mimeType="application/octet-stream" />
			<!-- Flash Video mime types-->
			<remove fileExtension=".flv" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".flv" mimeType="video/x-flv" />
			<remove fileExtension=".f4v" />
			<mimeMap fileExtension=".f4v" mimeType="video/mp4" />
		</staticContent>
		<httpProtocol>
			<customHeaders>
				<!-- 
					Force the latest IE version, in various cases when it may fall back to IE7 mode
					 github.com/rails/rails/commit/123eb25#commitcomment-118920
					Use ChromeFrame if it's installed for a better experience for the poor IE folk 
				-->
				<add name="X-UA-Compatible" value="IE=Edge,chrome=1" />
			</customHeaders>
		</httpProtocol>
	</system.webServer>
	<runtime>
		<assemblyBinding xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:asm.v1">
			<dependentAssembly>
				<assemblyIdentity name="System.Web.Mvc" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" />
				<bindingRedirect oldVersion="1.0.0.0-2.0.0.0" newVersion="3.0.0.0" />
			</dependentAssembly>
		</assemblyBinding>
	</runtime>
	<elmah>
		<errorLog type="Elmah.SqlErrorLog, Elmah" connectionStringName="elmah-sqlserver" />
		<security allowRemoteAccess="1" />
	</elmah>
	<location path="elmah.axd">
		<system.web>
			<authorization>
				<allow roles="Administrator" />
				<deny users="*" />
			</authorization>
		</system.web>
	</location>
	<log4net>
		<appender name="AdoNetAppender" type="log4net.Appender.AdoNetAppender">
			<!-- TODO: set this value back to 100-->
			<bufferSize value="1" />
			<connectionType value="System.Data.SqlClient.SqlConnection, System.Data, Version=1.0.3300.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" />
			<connectionString value="Data Source" />
			<commandText value="INSERT INTO Log ([Date],[Thread],[Level],[Logger],[Message],[Exception]) VALUES (@log_date, @thread, @log_level, @logger, @message, @exception)" />
			<parameter>
				<parameterName value="@log_date" />
				<dbType value="DateTime" />
				<layout type="log4net.Layout.RawTimeStampLayout" />
			</parameter>
			<parameter>
				<parameterName value="@thread" />
				<dbType value="String" />
				<size value="255" />
				<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
					<conversionPattern value="%thread" />
				</layout>
			</parameter>
			<parameter>
				<parameterName value="@log_level" />
				<dbType value="String" />
				<size value="50" />
				<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
					<conversionPattern value="%level" />
				</layout>
			</parameter>
			<parameter>
				<parameterName value="@logger" />
				<dbType value="String" />
				<size value="255" />
				<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
					<conversionPattern value="%logger" />
				</layout>
			</parameter>
			<parameter>
				<parameterName value="@message" />
				<dbType value="String" />
				<size value="4000" />
				<layout type="log4net.Layout.PatternLayout">
					<conversionPattern value="%message" />
				</layout>
			</parameter>
			<parameter>
				<parameterName value="@exception" />
				<dbType value="String" />
				<size value="2000" />
				<layout type="log4net.Layout.ExceptionLayout" />
			</parameter>
		</appender>

		<!-- Set root logger level to INFO and its only appender to A1 -->
		<root>
			<level value="ALL" />
			<appender-ref ref="AdoNetAppender" />
		</root>
	</log4net>
</configuration>

merge.md

If someone forks a gist and you'd like to merge their changes. Do this:

1. clone your repo, I use the name of the gist

    git clone git://gist.github.com/1163142.git gist-1163142
   

2. add a remote for the forked gist, I'm using the name of my fellow developer

    git remote add aaron git://gist.github.com/1164196.git
   

3. pull and merge the new remote into master

    git pull aaron master
   

4. push the changes

    git push
   

Great job friend !
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