The ideal WordPress installation runs on a linux+apache platform but with a little tweaking, runs just fine on IIS. One common problem is with the installation of plugins and the application of the automatic upgrades of Wordpress. You’ll see something like:
“Downloading update from http://wordpress.org/wordpress-2.x.x
Download failed.: Could not copy files.
Installation Failed”
The problem here is that WordPress [...]
Download wordpress http://wordpress.org/latest.zip
Extract the zip file to a suitable folder where you want the website to run from e.g. d:\data\intranet
Setup an IIS website and point to this folder. See video for instructions on setting up an IIS website
Rename the wp-config-sample.php file to wp-config.php
You will then have a wordpress web folder that looks like this…
Open up [...]
To setup the MySQL database you can either use the MySQL command prompt or the GUI phpMyAdmin which is a WYSYWIG web based control for configuring MySQL databases. It will take longer to setup the GUI however it is a useful tool should you ever need to modify you MySQL databases directly (which is likely if something [...]
Here are the start to finish instructions for setting up your wordpress blog site on a Windows IIS server. This was done on a windows 2003 server. In this instance I am setting up wordpress to use as an intranet site.
Part 1 covers install of:
MySQL
FastCGI Extension
PHP
Download MySQLÂ and install. You will need to rename the .man [...]
To resolve this problem without changing the application:
Click Start, click Administrative Tools, and then click Internet Information Services (IIS) Manager.
Double-click your computer name in the left pane, and then double-click Web Sites.
Locate the Web site and directory that houses the ASP application.
Right-click the application site or directory, and then click Properties.
Select Home Directory, and then [...]