From time to time web and SQL servers may be moved, virtualised, merged, split or domain names changed. This article describes the settings within the web configuration and other xml files that may need to change to accommodate the web server name changes. Typically these changes would occur in an intranet environment.
Please make a full backup of the web site before attempting to edit any of the files described below.
The following settings in the <appSettings> section of the web.config file may require updating:
If you open the web config in a suitable editor you will see something like this:
The menu titles across the top of the web pages are configured in two separate xml files.
Both of these files reside in the assets folder and sub folder as set in the web config file Key= "ClientKey" (the same root path as the MailTemplates folder).
The contents of the file will appear as below. If you are not familiar with xml structures, you should enlist the aid of someone who is. The XML need to be well formed and even the smallest malformed change may stop the entire menu structure working. Please make a full backup of the web site before attempting to edit any of the files described below.