Site has problems on Windows/Apache server

  • Hi:
    Am building a new site for a client who would like to stay with their existing webhost, but the host has never hosted a WP site before. They host on an Apache/Windows server. But they wanted to try it.

    At first the site wouldn’t allow any changes from within the admin. They fixed this by installing a plugin: “Permalink Fix & Disable Canonical Redirects Pack” even though the first line of the description is: For WordPress installations residing on Concentric/XO Communications shared hosting platform only – and this installation has nothing to do with with Concentric/XO…

    Anyway, that seemed to do the trick, except that when I access the server via FTP I see “Temp” pages piling up. Then, I found that I cannot delete plugins or photo albums from with the admin, and now I find I can’t do the automatic upgrade to WP 3.1.1. It just says “n automated WordPress update has failed to complete”.

    The tech guy at the ISP has not been able to resolve these problems and I wondered if anyone here could steer me towards some documentation or other info. about these kinds of problems?

    Thank You!!

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  • I have never worked with this particular configuration before, but from the looks of it, it is a file permissions issue. On a Linux server, individual folders and sub-folders in the WordPress install will be given the appropriate permissions using CHMOD so that you are able to edit themes, or do automatic updates etc.

    The equivalent on a Windows server is that your user account needs to be granted permission to those specific folders. That’s how I understand it anyway, your administrators should be able to shed more light on it.

    This discussion might help learn some specifics to talk to them about:
    https://www.ozzu.com/hosting-forum/chmod-with-apache-windows-t25108.html

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