CacheRight allows developers to set reliable caching policies for any site content.
Developers who want full control over how caching happens no longer need access to IIS's administrative interface. A simple configuration file in the website's home directory lets them set up rules that control expiration times by file location or type.
CacheRight will dramatically speed up page loads for repeat, reduce overall network chatter, and eliminate server strain caused by unnecessary validation requests. A faster site means happier customers and more productive corporate users.
Cache control for many developers is limited to using the mata tag. Unfortunately, this technique is time consuming, fails to leverage proxy caches, works poorly for HTML files, and does nothing at all for the most cache-worthy items in a site: images, PDFs, and other large binary files.
With CacheRight, a simple configuration rules file in the Web site's home directory enables developers to set up rules that control expiration by location, file, or mime type. Unchanging images, PDFs, Flash, multimedia files, and other page elements are delivered crisply from the repeat user's browser cache. Meanwhile, dynamic content is served guaranteed fresh, without competing with validation requests and static content for precious server cycles and bandwidth.
CACHERIGHT IS FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH IIS 4/5/6 and Windows NT/2000/Server 2003 and is easy to implement as a low-impact ISAPI filter with intuitive, easy-to-master rule statements.
Here are some key features of "CacheRight":
· Manage all cache control rules for a site together in a single text file, promoting caching of binary objects like images, PDFs, and multimedia files
· Intuitive, easy-to-master rule statements
· Supports site-wide, directory, or file-based caching rules
· Supports rules based on MIME type of requested object
· Validation tool provided for checking syntax of rule statements
· Supports all relevant HTTP 1.0 and 1.1 cache control headers including Expires and Cache-control (max-age, public/private, and no-transform)
· Online diagnostic tool for checking page cacheability
· Requires no MMC access
· Supports multiple virtual servers
· Implemented as a super-fast ISAPI filter for high performance
· MMC snap-in for administration and default settings
· Simple to install/uninstall
Requirements:
· IIS 4 / NT
· IIS 5 / Windows 2000
· IIS 5.1 / Windows XP
· IIS 6.0 / Windows Server 2003
Limitations:
· 30 days trial
· nag screen
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fixed issue with file notification mechanism locking files in Web root directory.