Web Configuration Tags that Affect Personalization

The following tags in the web.config file (located in your site root folder) affect some aspects of how Personalization works.

Important: When using the Personalization feature, the web config file’s authentication mode tag must be set to Forms.

<webParts>

   <personalization defaultProvider="EktronPersonalizationProvider">

       <providers>

          <add connectionStringName="Ektron.DbConnection" name="EktronPersonalizationProvider" type="Ektron.Cms.EktronPersonalizationProvider" />

        </providers>

        <authorization>

               <allow users="*" verbs="enterSharedScope"/>

               <allow users="*" verbs="modifyState"/>

        </authorization>

   </personalization>

</webParts>

Tag or Attribute	Description
webparts	Overall tag that surrounds other personalization tags.
personalization	Tags that surround personalization section of web.config.
defaultprovider	If EktronPersonalizationProvider appears, Ektron’s personalization controls are used instead of Microsoft’s.
providers	Tag that surrounds provider information.
add connectionStringName	Tells the .NET control to use the database being used by Ektron CMS400.NET.
name	Tells the .NET control to use Ektron CMS400.NET personalization feature instead of the .NET personalization controls.
type	Tells the .NET control to use Ektron CMS400.NET personalization feature instead of the .NET personalization controls.
authorization	Tag that surrounds the <allow users> tags.
allow users, enter SharedScope and modifyState	Tells Microsoft .NET to let users authorized by the Ektron CMS400.NET control the personalization features.