Webplatform WordPress Insatll not working

  • Resolved goatcrasher

    (@goatcrasher)


    7 years, 11 months ago

    Hello,

    I’m having issues installing WordPress on Server 2016 Using the Webplatform install.

    I have followed the instructions here https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Installing_on_Microsoft_IIS but I trip up at point 7. WebMatrix did not open. It didn’t even install its self. So I installed it manually but that’s trying to use a random port. I tried to carry on using that port thinking it will somehow allow me to “publish” it later but even after entering the username and password etc it only wants to listen on that random port.

    So I uninstalled and reinstall again using WebPI, However it now trys to open index.php but that fails with HTTP Error 403.14 – Forbidden.

    Where am I going wrong? I’m sure it must be something very simple but I’m pulling my hair out!

    Thanks in Advance.

    Matt

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  • Would it be a strict requirement that you run WordPress in IIS? Can I suggest to run WP in XAMPP of similar as it tend to be simpler to setup and easier to find host when you go live in the future?

    If you search for 403.14 on IIS there are a ton of articles that suggest that the “Directory Browsing” feature is disabled. I didn’t find an article specific to Server 2016 but there are articles about IIS7 on 2012, 2015 and they all suggest this:

    This problem occurs because the Web site does not have the Directory Browsing feature enabled, and the default document is not configured. To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods:

    This is quite a good video that gets quickly to the point: shows you the setting in IIS to fix.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmQlO0daduE

    This article also has instructions but a bit more cryptic.
    https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/942062

    If that is not your problem, the next thing I would look at are permissions.
    Permissions on Windows are a notorious cause of installation and update problems in WordPress. Elevate permissions on the root directory of the WordPress install. A better method is to see if there is an error in the errors.log that will lead you to the specific directory or file that has the permission problem and change the permissions on that item only.

    • This reply was modified 7 years, 11 months ago by muddg. Reason: spelling
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    Thread Starter goatcrasher

    (@goatcrasher)

    Thanks for trying to help with this.

    After too many hours of messing about i have deviced that WordPress is not for me.

    Joomla installed 1st time with no issues, its not as flexable as WordPress but at last it works!

    Thanks again for your efforts.

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