Category Archives: Helicon Ape

Helicon Ape remote management using IIS 7

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Helicon Ape 3.0.0.29 released

Just wanted to let you know that we have slightly improved Ape 3 and released a new build – 3.0.0.29. The enhancements relate to incorrect snap-in and License Manager behavior in certain situations and address improper installation package actions under … Continue reading

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Helicon Ape License Manager

In this article we are going to shed some light on the licensing policy implemented in Ape 3 and tell about its new feature—License Manager. We’ll review each of the possible license types so you could opt for the one … Continue reading

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Helicon Ape 3 Release

New version of Helicon Ape has recently been released! It offers: free use on up to 3 sites; 30+ Apache-like modules; admin-free installation on shared hosting; improved performance; redesigned, easier-to-use manager; license manager Test Ape 3 for free during 45 … Continue reading

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mod_proxy – a reverse proxy server inside IIS

What is proxy-server? Proxy-server is a network service empowering clients to perform indirect requests to other network services. Proxy-server may be considered an intermediary. The brief description of proxy-server operation is as follows: client connects to proxy-server (front-end server) asks … Continue reading

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Go for SEO with Helicon Ape mod_linkfreeze

Intro SEO, SE-friendly, search engine marketing — these words are driving mad lots of people today.Everyone wants to be SE-friendly. According to the Wikipedia, search engine optimization (SEO) isthe process of improving the volume or quality of traffic to a web site from searchengines via «natural» («organic» or «algorithmic») search results.In other … Continue reading

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Guide: Building FarCry CMS permalinks with Helicon Ape on IIS7

FarCry CMS is a popular content management solution built with FarCry Core (a web application framework based on the ColdFusion language). As this software is quite popular these days, we want to illustrate to those interested how to operate SEO-friendly … Continue reading

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Protecting image gallery with Helicon Ape mod_hotlink

What is mod_hotlink? It’s a Helicon Ape module you’ll undoubtedly enjoy. Why? ‘Cause it’ll help you avoid the headache when thinking of traffic leechers. It will do it all for you. And now we’ll illustrate this ingenious process taking Gallery2 … Continue reading

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Slow Ape start when external server connections are prohibited

When the server is configured so that all external requests are prohibited the following problem may occur.

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Disk-based caching for IIS7

We have already shed some light on the question of web caching and its benefits in our «Web Caching: what is it?» article. We’ve also explained how web caching is realized in Helicon Ape in «How mod_cache works?» article. Back … Continue reading

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