@tha_watcha here is the web.config that i used. Thanks in advance.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
<configSections>
<section name="rewriter"
type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.Configuration.RewriterConfigurationSectionHandler, Intelligencia.UrlRewriter"
requirePermission="false" />
</configSections>
<connectionStrings configSource="db.config" />
<appSettings configSource="app.config" />
<rewriter configSource="URLRewriter.config" />
<system.net>
<mailSettings>
<smtp configSource="mail.config" />
</mailSettings>
</system.net>
<system.web>
<httpRuntime targetFramework="4.6.2" useFullyQualifiedRedirectUrl="true" maxRequestLength="28192" executionTimeout="6000" requestLengthDiskThreshold="18192" />
<customErrors defaultRedirect="Error.aspx" mode="RemoteOnly" />
<!-- GLOBALIZATION
This section sets the globalization settings of the application.
Utf-8 is not supported on Netscape 4.x
If you need netscape compatiblity leave iso-8859-1.
UTF-8 is recommended for complex languages
-->
<globalization culture="en-US" uiCulture="en" requestEncoding="UTF-8" responseEncoding="UTF-8"
fileEncoding="UTF-8" />
<!--<globalization culture="en-US" uiCulture="en" fileEncoding="iso-8859-1" requestEncoding="iso-8859-1" responseEncoding="iso-8859-1"/>-->
<authentication mode="Forms">
<forms name=".YAFNET_Authentication" protection="All" timeout="43200" cookieless="UseCookies" />
</authentication>
<!-- COMPILATION
* Set debug to "true" to test out the system in development
* Set optimizeCompilation to "true" for *MUCH* faster application pool
restarts on larger .NET systems. But, please read and understand the caveats
before enabling this settings:
http://blogs.msdn.com/b/...ompilation-behavior.aspx -->
<compilation debug="false" targetFramework="4.6.2" />
<httpHandlers>
<add verb="GET" path="Resource.ashx" type="YAF.YafResourceHandler, YAF" />
</httpHandlers>
<httpModules>
<add name="YafTaskModule" type="YAF.Core.YafTaskModule, YAF.Core" />
<add name="UrlRewriter" type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.RewriterHttpModule,Intelligencia.UrlRewriter" />
</httpModules>
<pages clientIDMode="AutoID">
<controls>
<add tagPrefix="asp" namespace="System.Web.UI.HtmlControls" assembly="System.Web"/>
<!-- Default: use non-dynamic (compiled classes) in YAF -->
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls" assembly="YAF.Controls" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Controls.Statistics" assembly="YAF.Controls" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF.Classes" />
<add tagPrefix="YAF" namespace="YAF" />
</controls>
<namespaces>
<add namespace="YAF.Core" />
<add namespace="YAF.Controls" />
<add namespace="YAF.Utils" />
<add namespace="YAF.Types.Interfaces" />
<add namespace="YAF.Types" />
</namespaces>
</pages>
<membership defaultProvider="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider">
<providers>
<clear />
<add name="AspNetSqlMembershipProvider"
applicationName="YetAnotherForum" connectionStringName="yafnet"
enablePasswordReset="false" enablePasswordRetrieval="true" maxInvalidPasswordAttempts="5" minRequiredNonalphanumericCharacters="0" minRequiredPasswordLength="5" passwordAttemptWindow="15" passwordFormat="Hashed" requiresQuestionAndAnswer="false" requiresUniqueEmail="true" type="System.Web.Security.SqlMembershipProvider" />
</providers>
</membership>
<roleManager enabled="true" defaultProvider="AspNetSqlRoleProvider">
<providers>
<clear />
<add name="AspNetSqlRoleProvider" applicationName="YetAnotherForum" connectionStringName="yafnet"
type="System.Web.Security.SqlRoleProvider" />
</providers>
</roleManager>
<profile enabled="true" defaultProvider="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" inherits="YAF.Utils.YafUserProfile">
<providers>
<clear />
<add name="AspNetSqlProfileProvider" applicationName="YetAnotherForum" connectionStringName="yafnet"
type="System.Web.Profile.SqlProfileProvider" passwordFormat="Hashed" />
</providers>
</profile>
<!-- Enable it if your application is hosted in a web farm or cluster (e.g. GoDaddy hosting) or you are using standard ASP.NET providers and encryption.
IMPORTANT: DO NOT USE THIS KEY! You need to generate your own machine key via
http://yetanotherforum.net/key -->
<!-- <machineKey validationKey="5B169A4270DB7D6A285CF068B81047D1A73A5FDDE9B204254AB86147B061C3C13DB6E84311E98EDFDD7FF50309DB9632A1C573A716CF120535EC3401BF7706D7"
decryptionKey="910403AE3DEB5DD0AF73911DBB180518144AC983C1C7E7BDEE1CC8B6C74CBEF3"
validation="HMACSHA256" decryption="AES"/>
-->
<machineKey validationKey="05F0E85C2C6FBBD83D235B62A255E6FF7827B2865F68CA641579AE11A8ED9BBDDFEA078345993670E89FF6CEB6FC1F42BE472B9A90D65ACE30DE63D3E591DB62" decryptionKey="FFEC2951C64AD5AAD4CE2441A4018D1C1E4F0C1E24CE8A20" validation="HMACSHA256" decryption="AES" />
<webServices>
<protocols>
<add name="HttpGet" />
<add name="HttpPost" />
</protocols>
</webServices>
</system.web>
<system.webServer>
<modules>
<remove name="YafTaskModule" />
<remove name="UrlRewriter" />
<add name="YafTaskModule" type="YAF.Core.YafTaskModule, YAF.Core" preCondition="managedHandler" />
<add name="UrlRewriter" type="Intelligencia.UrlRewriter.RewriterHttpModule,Intelligencia.UrlRewriter"
preCondition="managedHandler" />
</modules>
<handlers>
<add name="YafHandler" preCondition="integratedMode" verb="GET" path="Resource.ashx"
type="YAF.YafResourceHandler, YAF" />
</handlers>
<caching>
<profiles>
<add extension=".png" policy="CacheUntilChange" varyByHeaders="Browser" location="Client" />
<add extension=".gif" policy="CacheUntilChange" varyByHeaders="Browser" location="Client" />
<add extension=".jpg" policy="CacheUntilChange" varyByHeaders="Browser" location="Client" />
<add extension=".js" policy="CacheUntilChange" varyByHeaders="Browser" location="Client" />
<add extension=".css" policy="CacheUntilChange" varyByHeaders="Browser" location="Client" />
<add extension=".ico" policy="CacheUntilChange" varyByHeaders="Browser" location="Client" />
<add extension=".axd" kernelCachePolicy="CacheUntilChange" varyByHeaders="Browser" location="Client" />
</profiles>
</caching>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>