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Change maximum file size in Umbraco - brought to you by sdesign1 - Umbraco specialists

This article is for the windows CMS "Umbraco". If you are uploading files into the "Media" section in Umbraco, you can often find your file is too large and you will get a message such as "Maximum request length exceeded". This article will explain how to increase the value so larger files can be uploaded.

Firstly, you will need FTP access to your server. Once connected, download the file "web.config" which sits in the root of the web directory. Open this up in a text editor such as Notepad, Wordpad or even a code editor such as TextMate or Dreamweaver.

Scroll down and look for the tag "<system.web>". Once you have found this, you need to paste the following just below it.

<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="32768" />

This will increase your upload file size to around 32mb. You can adjust the value "32767" bytes to whatever you need.

If you find that your uploads are timing out, then you can add another value to the statement above so it looks like:

<httpRuntime maxRequestLength="32768" executionTimeout="300" />

This way you have increased your maximum filesize value, and also, the amount of time the server will give your upload before it times out and cancels the upload.

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