WP on Windows server

  • Installation issues, WP on a windows server. The SQL and PHP meets the requirements. Yes, it’d be simpler to install on a non-windows server, but in this case there is a reason to place WP on the windows host.

    Platform
    Type Windows 2003 Server Enterprise
    MySQL Version 4.1.22
    Perl 5.8.0
    PHP 4.3.10

    The blog appears to install, sent back the WP password, but after first log-in got

    Directory Listing Denied
    This Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be listed. on Firefox

    and IE says: You are not authorised to view this page.

    Any idea what is missing? Host’s tech support has not been that useful.

    Thanks

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  • Thread Starter txmom

    (@txmom)

    ok, changed the default page to index.php for the directory (folder) with wordpress, rest of the website uses index.asp

    WordPress up and running, now to get the permalinks prettier

    Permalinks on IIS had me pulling hair out a couple years ago. Fortunately:

    1) There’s always the “Almost Pretty” option

    and

    2) There are some good IIS options these days.

    Just in case you haven’t found ’em yet, both are covered at the Permalinks page in the codex.

    Good luck!

    Thread Starter txmom

    (@txmom)

    Thanks, I’d found that page but not wasn’t sure what to do.

    Under Options, permalinks it did show links with index.php, yet when I tried that option, I got:

    The system cannot find the file specified on Firefox and http 404 on IE

    Yikes! Means it isn’t pulling up the 404 error page, definitely need to find a way to fix that.

    Is that how you’d set the almost pretty permalinks?

    I’ll scroll down some more and study the IIS options.

    Well, it sounds like you were already at “almost pretty”. Essentially, that means they look like pretty permalinks but have the index.php in there.

    Thread Starter txmom

    (@txmom)

    Except they aren’t working, the links are there where they should be, but they don’t go anywhere.

    No .htaccess.txt file could that be the problem? heard somewhere windows doesn’t use htaccess but I see from reading it can be used.

    So the post titles, etc are renamed, but the pages they go to don’t know that their name has been changed.

    I’m learning how to use this windows server, servers in general hazy to me. Will try different options, using the 404 page to redirect or the plugin look interesting.

    Thanks!

    No .htaccess.txt file could that be the problem? heard somewhere windows doesn’t use htaccess but I see from reading it can be used.

    Apache uses .htaccess, regardless of if running on Windows or *nix.

    IIS does not.

    I’ve been assuming you’re on an IIS server. Are you? Or is it apache on windows?

    Thread Starter txmom

    (@txmom)

    I’m on IIS.

    When I change the permalinks it gives me the almost pretty options. I get the “Permalink structure updated”. The links are all changed to the index.php/. . . but I get a 404 error.

    If I paste the ?p=4 type link into the browser, it goes to the page.

    Not familar with IIS, guessing it has to do with server settings not wordpress directly. Suggestions?

    Thanks!

    I am having the same issue “Virtual Directory does not allow contents to be displayed”

    Can someone explain how to get around this? I didn’t under the “changed to index.php”?

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