Windows 2003 installation help

  • I’ve been asked to develop a WP site on a Windows 2003 server with IIS 6 but I do not have access to the database and the system administrator who is hosting the site (which cannot be moved to another server) is having all kinds of trouble with the installation. I’ve found several sites for him that detail the installation process on a Windows 2003 server, but the domain still isn’t accessible (I’m getting a Directory Listing Denied error that suggests an index.php page hasn’t been defined) and I get a 404 error when I try to access the wp-admin back-end.

    Does anyone here have experience with a WP installation on a Windows 2003 server who could shed some light on the problems my system admin guy is having?

    You would have my sincere gratitude. I could stumble through this on my own, but trying to guide him through it without access to the database is well beyond the scope of my formidable powers.

    Thanks,
    irena

    pogapro(at)gmail.com

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  • There are lots of guides out there via google, including How To Install WordPress on IIS 6.0 ? IIS Admin Blog

    Thread Starter pogapro

    (@pogapro)

    Yes, I forwarded this exact link to the system administrator (along with several others, equally detailed), but the installation still failed.

    Make sure PHP is configured properly on the server. Just upload test php script and access it.

    – Kailash

    A “Directory Listing Denied error” can also be a permissions problem, which can be complex to set up on IIS, compared to linux….

    Thread Starter pogapro

    (@pogapro)

    Thanks,

    Kailash1 – I did upload a phpinfo script, but get a page not found error when I try to run it.

    songdogtech – my life would certainly be much easier if we could just install on a linux server. From everything I’ve read, setting WP up on a Windows 2003 server is endlessly complicated.

    Hi Pogapro,

    This is Bruce I did not get your email address because I found an problem with my contact form plug-in. I always updated it but did not change to the new settings. So if you can leave me another message with the email address in the body so I can contact you by email. I will have to work on that this weekend. Projects! Projects! Well you help me out thank you by finding this error.

    Bruce

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