To add cutom tag in your web config its a simple process. I will expain it step by step Add Following to your web config Remember you have to add information about your System assembly which you can find in your GAC (Global assembly cache) Path: " C:\WINDOWS\assembly " right click on System assembly and you will get Property about it. Then to get those custom tag values write the following code on default.aspx.cs file protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { NameValueCollection Col = new NameValueCollection(); Col = (NameValueCollection)System.Configuration.ConfigurationManager.GetSection("MyCustomSection"); for (int i = 0; i < c1.Keys.Count; i++) { Response.Write(String.Format("Key = {0}, Value = {1} ", c1.Keys[i], c1[i].ToString())); ...