for the site in question, open the "errors" settings in IIS and set it to detailed errors, this should give you more info as to what the problem is rather than just a server 500 error.
On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 12:09 AM, Nick Gleason <[email protected]>wrote: > > Russ, Matt, > > You guys are great. Manage thanks. I edited the hosts file as suggested > below to allow a dev.mydomain.com hostname and I input that into IIS. I'm > now getting the following message from IIS which at least seems like a step > in the right direction: > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > HTTP Error 500.19 - Internal Server Error > The requested page cannot be accessed because the related configuration > data > for the page is invalid > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > It seems like there is a permissions issue here somewhere. I've been > tweaking some settings but so far have not been able to track it down. > > N > > > ............................................................................ > .. > > CitySoft, Inc. | http://www.citysoft.com > > Phone: (866) 751-1992 | Direct: (617) 899-5395 | Fax: (617) 507-0444 > > Spend Less >> Do More - Community Enterprise combines great features > with an affordable price. > > > ............................................................................ > .. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, March 26, 2012 3:11 PM > > To: cf-talk > > Subject: Re: url path problem when running a CF site on my local > > computer > > > > > > set each of your sites to use "dev.yourdomain.com" > > > > run notepad as administrator > > now open the file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc > > > > at the bottom of this file enter > > > > 127.0.0.1 dev.yourdomain.com > > > > repeat for additional domains > > > > and save the file. > > > > all the domains you have entered here will now resolve to your local > > machine > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 10:57 PM, Matt Quackenbush > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > > > > Bind to 127.0.0.1 instead of your standard public-facing IP like on > > > the server. > > > > > > Or, just bind to *:80. That should work as well. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 4:52 PM, Nick Gleason <[email protected] > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi there. So, I took the plunge and upgraded to Windows 7 and got > > > > IIS installed. So far so good. I've set up a web site in IIS to > > > > use for > > > this > > > > purpose, but the tricky part has been getting it to display through > > > > a browser. When we user our remote servers, we assign a site to an > > > > IP and add one or more host headers so that requests through a > > > > browser will resolve correctly. But, that doesn't seem to be the > > > > right scenario with a > > > locally > > > > deployed site. I'm searching online but if anyone can suggest how > > > > best > > > to > > > > configure a local site in IIS, that would certainly be appreciated. > > > > > > > > Best, > > > > > > > > Nick > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Russ Michaels [mailto:[email protected]] > > > > > Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2012 2:14 AM > > > > > To: cf-talk > > > > > Subject: Re: url path problem when running a CF site on my local > > > > > computer > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > you need to put your website in the root and not inside a test > > > > > folder so that your links work. > > > > > Otherwise you will need to make your links relative to the page > > > > > they are on or include /text/ in the link, which is not really a > > > > > good solution. > > > > > If you are running windows 7 then you get the full version of > > IIS7 > > > > > for free so wont have any such problems. > > > > > Download the web platform installer and use this to install IIS > > > > > and other useful components. > > > > > > > > > > If you are on windows XP then you can use IIS 6 but it is limited > > > > > to 1 site, so you would be better off using Apache. > > > > > > > > > > Or if you want to get rid of the hassle of running a local dev > > > > > server altogether then try www.cfmldeveloper.com > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > > > > Russ Michaels > > > > > > > > > > www.bluethunderinternet.com : Business hosting services & > > solutions > > > > > www.cfmldeveloper.com : ColdFusion developer community > > > > > www.michaels.me.uk : my blog > > > > > www.cfsearch.com : ColdFusion search engine > > > > > ** > > > > > *skype me* : russmichaels > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:350559 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
