wordpress on windows 2003 server and IIS?

Hello Pogapro,

I run WordPress with Windows 2003 with IIS 6 using php 5.2.9-2 and MySQL 5.1.34. You can check it out at https://www.seidnershouse.com. It sounds like the front-end works if so then the server can serve PHP files. What does it do when you get to the back-end? Do you want to scraped the project and do a fresh install of WordPress? One thing to check is the security rights for the user IUSR_Server that user needs certain security rights for the WordPress folders and some files depending on plugins you use. The WordPress Folder and subfolders need read and read and execute rights for that user.

Bruce

Hi Bruce,

I’m glad to hear that you’re running it on Windows 2003.

I was having all kinds of issues in the back-end. When I signed into WP, I would be taken to a blank php page. I was only able to sign in properly when I added a forward slash to the admin url (e.g., instead of “https://sitename.com/wp-admin”, I had to write “https://sitename.com/wp-admin/”). Once I had accessed the dashboard, any time I tried to make a change (e.g. change the admin email address in settings, turn on/off a plugin), I’d again be taken to a blank php page and would have to type “https://sitename.com/wp-admin/” into the url to re-access the dashboard (though the change I’d made would stick). I deactivated all the plugins that the previous developer had installed, uninstalled the added template, but was getting exactly the same results. Then I did some research and came across several articles that had suggested an incompatibility between Windows 2003 and WP using PHP 5, MySQL 5.

Since we can’t find MySQL 4 anyway, I’ll ask my server guy to try the fresh install and will send him the information that you’d posted. I’ll let you know how that goes.

Hi Bruce,

So I had my guy install the same versions of PHP and MySQL that you’re using. I figured that if you could get it to run, we should be able to as well.

I’m unsure about the IUSR_Server security rights to which you refer, though. This should, I assume, be again done by the server/database guy, right? Do you recall what changes you had to make?

Thanks very much for all your help!

Hi Pogapro,

Your Welcome! Yes the rights need to be set up by the server/database guy. If the server guy knows what he is doing he should be able to set up IIS6 in Windows 2003. This is where you can set the security rights. You also have to give write and modify to that user for the folder you use for your uploads for the media files. This can be done in explorer. Certain plunins need that same right to certain files or folders in wordpress (example if you use a avatar plugin that lets users upload their avatar to your site that folder would need those rights). The Plugins usually give you a write error of what file they could not modify. I host my own websites with my own server. If you can not get this working contact me by my website. I can help over the phone on weekdays after 5:00pm CST and on weekends anytime we both are available. This would be easier if you and the server guy can be together or on a conference call so I can see what the settings are and compare my server with your server to see if any settings need to be changed.

Bruce

WordPress should work on Windows 2003 server. Regarding blank page, it may be related to PHP memory limit. Just check with your hosting provider and make sure that they have set proper value for PHP memory. Generally you get blank page if the page tries to use more memory then the allocated one.

– Kailash

I am running a Windows 2003 Server and trying to load WordPress. I used the Windows Platform Installed on my local W7 PC and it worked fine. When I loaded it on the 2003 server, I initially got 404’s. Now with some tweaking I have made progress too 500’s with the following error:

The specified procedure could not be found.

Any ideas?

Midosm,

You’ve likely already solved your problem, but for the record, although we were ultimately able to run the application with relative success on the Windows 2003 server, it was never an absolutely smooth and reliable server for WordPress. All upgrades of the WordPress application were infinitely problematic. We finally helped our client move the site to a Linux server and everything has been running very smoothly since.

In short, while it is certainly possible to run the application on a Windows server, our experience is that such hosting often comes with problems.

Hi to everybody

There is a question for you all, I really need help about that.

I have just installed wordpress 3.0.4 to my server, I am a total newbie. It runs windows server 2003 and IIS 6.0.

Installation process finished perfect. I ran installation, even better that I wished. Everything seemed and worked perfect.

I made my first posts and I really finished, at list amazed of the results.

Disillusion arrived when I tried upload an image, a video or two as well. I got an error massage.

“WordPress Image Upload Error Text: Unable to create directory C:\inetbub\wwwroot\wordpress\wp-content/uploads/2011/02. Is its parent directory writable by the server?“

As you can see, in my error message, the part of the error message that makes reference in existed folders, C:\inetbub\wwwroot\wordpress\wp-content, is in Windows format,vertical bar has from left to the right direction, \ .
The part that makes reference to new folders creation, /uploads/2010/02, is different format, / , vertical bar has from right to left direction, that is linux or any other format, windows does not understand it as a folder sign.

My question is if you know any tip or trick to use on wordpress, so that when it will have to create the uploads folder, will use the right direction vertical bar — \ —.

Can you suggest any solution about this problem?

Thanks
Giorgos