The page mentioned is very good with directions and screnn prints. However, the steps invoked installing WordPress 3.5.1 from the Web Platform Installer (WPI) version 4.5 don’t match many of the exact steps. I didn’t catch screen prints for my installation and am blowing away the virtual server to start over.
Some of the version numbers don’t match anymore. I suspect that isn’t significant since the installation via WPI is a package deal with whatever versions included with it. But, IIS is now 7.5; WPI lists two PHP versions outside the WordPress install (version 5.3.24 and 5.4.14); the Windows Cache Extension for PHP is now “1.3 for 5.4”
But, from what I recall here are some of the basics. I had IIS 7.5 installed on Server 2008 R2 prior to installing WPI 4.5. I recall the order of the screens in the start of Step 3 aren’t the same but that isn’t a big deal since the content was the same as I recall. If the screen print in the instructions doesn’t match the actual ones but the information is the same I am fine with that. However, they are different.
Unless I did something wrong earlier, I was never presented with the database creation in Step 3.9 forward. The server did not have any database mySQL or others installed on it prior to launching the installation program.
The installation finished and the website didn’t launch correctly. It appears that “Directory Browsing” needed to be allowed but I didn’t see that in the instructions. I turned that on and could see files but didn’t the configuration page shown in Step 4.4. I suspect related to not getting the database questions in Step 3.
Anyway, I am blowing away the server and starting back from the begining to see if it works the second time.
Again, the installation instruction page is well done but the instructions and images don’t match what I saw doing the installation.
