set Expires tag for images?

Hi - I want to reduce the download time of various pages by setting the
'Expires' tag for various images to a future date (this will then stop the
browser from re-requesting these for each new session).

I'm hosting on a commercial service so I don't have direct access to IIS
configuration. Is there anyway I can control this from my server-side code?

Thanks,

Paul.Paul W wrote:

> Hi - I want to reduce the download time of various pages by setting
> the 'Expires' tag for various images to a future date (this will then
> stop the browser from re-requesting these for each new session).
> I'm hosting on a commercial service so I don't have direct access to
> IIS configuration. Is there anyway I can control this from my
> server-side code?

Not if the images are served directly by IIS. Your ISP should be able
to change the server configuration to allow for caching.

BTW, you should prefer Cache-Control: max-age over Expires.

Cheers,
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Currently the images ARE directly served by IIS. Can you point me to how
else I could do this so I can set the "Cache-Control: max-age"? Thanks,

Paul.
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"Joerg Jooss" <news-reply@.joergjooss.de> wrote in message
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> Paul W wrote:
>> Hi - I want to reduce the download time of various pages by setting
>> the 'Expires' tag for various images to a future date (this will then
>> stop the browser from re-requesting these for each new session).
>>
>> I'm hosting on a commercial service so I don't have direct access to
>> IIS configuration. Is there anyway I can control this from my
>> server-side code?
> Not if the images are served directly by IIS. Your ISP should be able
> to change the server configuration to allow for caching.
> BTW, you should prefer Cache-Control: max-age over Expires.
> Cheers,
> --
> http://www.joergjooss.de
> mailto:news-reply@.joergjooss.de
Paul W wrote:

> Currently the images ARE directly served by IIS. Can you point me to
> how else I could do this so I can set the "Cache-Control: max-age"?
> Thanks,

You could implemment a HttpHandler that serves your images, but this is
really a waste of time. Ask your service provider to change your IIS
configuration.

Cheers,
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http://www.joergjooss.de
mailto:news-reply@.joergjooss.de