Watch Out: Host Header Web Config

Ok, I was adding my WSS Naviagion at a client site. The structure had a site on port 80 and a site at a specific url using a host header. Let's say 'http://MyWSSTest/'. This site was created using port 80 as well.

So SharePoint creates a site under the web applicaiton MyWSSTest80. In side the web applicaiotn is a web.config. I went to implement my navigation by modifying the web.config and got nothing!!!!

In this scenario, I had to modify the web.config in the '80' folder. None of the changes in the 'MyWSSTest80' actaully did anything.

So there you have it. That's my Watch Out for the day. If anyone knows why this is the case, I would love to hear about it.