Re: Moving to Apache
I had no problems using CF8 with IIS7, as I said you just need to make sure you have the IIS6 compatibility mode and tools installed. On Sat, Sep 4, 2010 at 1:49 AM, Terry Troxel te...@it-werks.com wrote: Terry, you edit the hosts file exactly as you do now, it makes no difference that you are using Apache. The hosts file is simply telling your machine to resolve a domain to a specific IP address, e.g. your local machine. IIS6 only allows 1 site to be active at a time, but you can have multiple sites and switch between them, here is a free tool to make that easier. http://www.jetstat.com/iisadmin/ IIS7 does not have this restriction, neither does Apache. Thanks Russ, but if I understand you right the tool you mention works with XP not win7. I have CF8 installed with the development server set to port 80, because I tried to install IIS7 And then saw all the posts saying installing Coldfusion with IIS7 was a nightmare and try as I Might I couldn't get it to work. Has anything changed? If so I am game to try again. Terry ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336826 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Moving to Apache
Russ, We tried both ISAPI_rewrite3_0075_lite and ISAPI_rewrite3_0069_lite with no luck. I am not sure how you know the difference between what rules WordPress is giving you (Apache/IIS). Steve LaBadie, Web Manager East Stroudsburg University 200 Prospect St. East Stroudsburg, Pa 18301 570-422-3999 http://www.esu.edu slaba...@po-box.esu.edu -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:37 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Moving to Apache make sure you are using Isapi rewrite 3 and not 2 as only 3 works with apache rules make sure wordpress is giving you the Apache rules and not the IIS rules. If it is causing you that much grief, it probably will just be easier to give Apache a try. However I would recommend upgrading to windows 2008/IIS7 as it is better in many ways, it is however significantly different and does have a fair old learning curve. -- Russ Michaels www.cfmldeveloper.com - Supporting the CF community since 1999 FREE ColdFusion/Railo hosting for developers. blog: www.michaels.me.uk ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336817 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Moving to Apache
I would love to install Apache on my laptop/windows7 for a development server, but have no idea how to set it up where I can put the 192.168.1.8 testdomain.com in the hosts file and then add the website in Apache because IIS only allows 1 default site unless its running on a server. Anyone have any suggestions here (positive ones)? Terry ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336819 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to Apache
Terry, you edit the hosts file exactly as you do now, it makes no difference that you are using Apache. The hosts file is simply telling your machine to resolve a domain to a specific IP address, e.g. your local machine. IIS6 only allows 1 site to be active at a time, but you can have multiple sites and switch between them, here is a free tool to make that easier. http://www.jetstat.com/iisadmin/ IIS7 does not have this restriction, neither does Apache. On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:57 PM, Terry Troxel te...@it-werks.com wrote: I would love to install Apache on my laptop/windows7 for a development server, but have no idea how to set it up where I can put the 192.168.1.8 testdomain.com in the hosts file and then add the website in Apache because IIS only allows 1 default site unless its running on a server. Anyone have any suggestions here (positive ones)? Terry ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336820 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to Apache
Steve. The difference is quite obvious. If you are using the latest wordpress then i'm quite sure it detects your webserver and gives you the right rules, but as IIS6 has no such feature then it may not be detecting either. The IIS rules are web.config entries, the Apache rules are htacces sentries. If you google them both you will find examples of each. Russ On Fri, Sep 3, 2010 at 6:42 PM, Steve LaBadie slaba...@po-box.esu.eduwrote: Russ, We tried both ISAPI_rewrite3_0075_lite and ISAPI_rewrite3_0069_lite with no luck. I am not sure how you know the difference between what rules WordPress is giving you (Apache/IIS). Steve LaBadie, Web Manager East Stroudsburg University 200 Prospect St. East Stroudsburg, Pa 18301 570-422-3999 http://www.esu.edu slaba...@po-box.esu.edu -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 3:37 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Moving to Apache make sure you are using Isapi rewrite 3 and not 2 as only 3 works with apache rules make sure wordpress is giving you the Apache rules and not the IIS rules. If it is causing you that much grief, it probably will just be easier to give Apache a try. However I would recommend upgrading to windows 2008/IIS7 as it is better in many ways, it is however significantly different and does have a fair old learning curve. -- Russ Michaels www.cfmldeveloper.com - Supporting the CF community since 1999 FREE ColdFusion/Railo hosting for developers. blog: www.michaels.me.uk ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336821 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Moving to Apache
Terry, you edit the hosts file exactly as you do now, it makes no difference that you are using Apache. The hosts file is simply telling your machine to resolve a domain to a specific IP address, e.g. your local machine. IIS6 only allows 1 site to be active at a time, but you can have multiple sites and switch between them, here is a free tool to make that easier. http://www.jetstat.com/iisadmin/ IIS7 does not have this restriction, neither does Apache. Thanks Russ, but if I understand you right the tool you mention works with XP not win7. I have CF8 installed with the development server set to port 80, because I tried to install IIS7 And then saw all the posts saying installing Coldfusion with IIS7 was a nightmare and try as I Might I couldn't get it to work. Has anything changed? If so I am game to try again. Terry ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336825 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Moving to Apache
Just run the JRun Web Connector and make the changes you need. Regards, Andrew Scott http://www.andyscott.id.au/ -Original Message- From: Steve LaBadie [mailto:slaba...@po-box.esu.edu] Sent: Friday, 3 September 2010 12:32 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Moving to Apache I am currently running ColdFusion MX7 on Windows 2003 running IIS. I would like to switch to Apache. 1. Can this be done without screwing things up? 2. Do I have to re-install CF and point to Apache? 3. Should I set-up a VM? I did set up a testing server to make sure everything works using Apache. So now I am ready to make the switch. Any guidance would be appreciated. Steve LaBadie, Web Manager East Stroudsburg University 200 Prospect St. East Stroudsburg, Pa 18301 570-422-3999 http://www.esu.edu http://www.esu.edu slaba...@po-box.esu.edu mailto:slaba...@po-box.esu.edu ~~ ~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael- Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/message.cfm/messageid:336764 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf- talk/unsubscribe.cfm ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336765 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to Apache
I am currently running ColdFusion MX7 on Windows 2003 running IIS. I would like to switch to Apache. 1. Can this be done without screwing things up? Yes, if done carefully. If this is on the same box, you obviously won't be able to have both Apache and IIS listening to port 80, so there will be a little bit of downtime. 2. Do I have to re-install CF and point to Apache? You don't have to reinstall CF. You will simply need to run the JRun web server configuration tool to disconnect CF from IIS and connect it to Apache. If you have multiple virtual hosts, you'll probably end up doing some manual configuration with Apache, as the web server configuration tool doesn't handle that too well - you might want to test setting this up in another environment first. 3. Should I set-up a VM? That shouldn't be necessary for this. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or o ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336766 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to Apache
do you have some particular reason to switch to Apache? Windows is much easier to use and administer, especially if you are not used to Apache/Linux. Unless there is a specific feature of Apache you need which IIS doesn't have then you may be just creating more work and complications for yourself. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: I am currently running ColdFusion MX7 on Windows 2003 running IIS. I would like to switch to Apache. 1. Can this be done without screwing things up? Yes, if done carefully. If this is on the same box, you obviously won't be able to have both Apache and IIS listening to port 80, so there will be a little bit of downtime. 2. Do I have to re-install CF and point to Apache? You don't have to reinstall CF. You will simply need to run the JRun web server configuration tool to disconnect CF from IIS and connect it to Apache. If you have multiple virtual hosts, you'll probably end up doing some manual configuration with Apache, as the web server configuration tool doesn't handle that too well - you might want to test setting this up in another environment first. 3. Should I set-up a VM? That shouldn't be necessary for this. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or o ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336775 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to Apache
File names are case sensitive with linux / apache and your application.cfm page has to start with an uppercase...Application.cfm Jesse On Sep 2, 2010 1:23 PM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: do you have some particular reason to switch to Apache? Windows is much easier to use and administer, especially if you are not used to Apache/Linux. Unless there is a specific feature of Apache you need which IIS doesn't have then you may be just creating more work and complications for yourself. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: I am currently running ColdFusion MX7 on Windows 2003 running IIS. I would like to switch to Apache. 1. Can this be done without screwing things up? Yes, if done carefully. If this is on the same box, you obviously won't be able to have both Apache and IIS listening to port 80, so there will be a little bit of downtime. 2. Do I have to re-install CF and point to Apache? You don't have to reinstall CF. You will simply need to run the JRun web server configuration tool to disconnect CF from IIS and connect it to Apache. If you have multiple virtual hosts, you'll probably end up doing some manual configuration with Apache, as the web server configuration tool doesn't handle that too well - you might want to test setting this up in another environment first. 3. Should I set-up a VM? That shouldn't be necessary for this. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or o ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336776 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Moving to Apache
Not trying to start an argument, but you can't much easier than adding a vhost block to the httpd.conf file in Apache. IIS on the other hand has loads of nested windows and boxes and permissions. Apache lets you do it all in one spot. andy -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:23 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Moving to Apache do you have some particular reason to switch to Apache? Windows is much easier to use and administer, especially if you are not used to Apache/Linux. Unless there is a specific feature of Apache you need which IIS doesn't have then you may be just creating more work and complications for yourself. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: I am currently running ColdFusion MX7 on Windows 2003 running IIS. I would like to switch to Apache. 1. Can this be done without screwing things up? Yes, if done carefully. If this is on the same box, you obviously won't be able to have both Apache and IIS listening to port 80, so there will be a little bit of downtime. 2. Do I have to re-install CF and point to Apache? You don't have to reinstall CF. You will simply need to run the JRun web server configuration tool to disconnect CF from IIS and connect it to Apache. If you have multiple virtual hosts, you'll probably end up doing some manual configuration with Apache, as the web server configuration tool doesn't handle that too well - you might want to test setting this up in another environment first. 3. Should I set-up a VM? That shouldn't be necessary for this. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or o ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336777 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to Apache
IIS on the other hand has loads of nested windows and boxes and permissions. Apache lets you do it all in one spot. IIS lets you do it all in one spot also. You don't have to use the IIS management console unless you like the pointing and the clicking. IIS also has an API to let you automate this stuff if you want, and comes with a bunch of sample scripts you can use to do it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336778 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Moving to Apache
Really? I didn't know that. That's cool. -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 12:33 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Moving to Apache IIS on the other hand has loads of nested windows and boxes and permissions. Apache lets you do it all in one spot. IIS lets you do it all in one spot also. You don't have to use the IIS management console unless you like the pointing and the clicking. IIS also has an API to let you automate this stuff if you want, and comes with a bunch of sample scripts you can use to do it. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336781 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Moving to Apache
IIS on the other hand has loads of nested windows and boxes and permissions. Apache lets you do it all in one spot. Well, there are multiple ways of looking at it. You could say that IIS doesn't force you to memorize or search a reference for all of its specific configuration properties. They're all right on the screen to see for those who don't spend their days pouring over web server configuration. Point, click, done. IIS6 had a scriptable metabase which could be managed from the command line, though that is generally not as intuitive as editing the configuration file. If you're the type that likes to edit the configuration files directly, IIS7 now uses text-based configuration files which can be edited directly without ever using the GUI management tool if one so chooses. Using the GUI is a lot easier though, as millions of cPanel users (and similar tools) on *nix systems have found. To each their own... -Justin ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336785 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Moving to Apache
I didn't really want to switch, but we couldn't get WordPress 3 to work on IIS. We have to migrate our faculty website off of our UNIX box an onto the web server. Up until now faculty or someone had to know HTML in order to create web pages for them. We installed WordPress and created a bunch of templates so they didn't have to go through the difficult process of creating web pages. Steve LaBadie, Web Manager East Stroudsburg University 200 Prospect St. East Stroudsburg, Pa 18301 570-422-3999 http://www.esu.edu slaba...@po-box.esu.edu -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 1:23 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Moving to Apache do you have some particular reason to switch to Apache? Windows is much easier to use and administer, especially if you are not used to Apache/Linux. Unless there is a specific feature of Apache you need which IIS doesn't have then you may be just creating more work and complications for yourself. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:41 PM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: I am currently running ColdFusion MX7 on Windows 2003 running IIS. I would like to switch to Apache. 1. Can this be done without screwing things up? Yes, if done carefully. If this is on the same box, you obviously won't be able to have both Apache and IIS listening to port 80, so there will be a little bit of downtime. 2. Do I have to re-install CF and point to Apache? You don't have to reinstall CF. You will simply need to run the JRun web server configuration tool to disconnect CF from IIS and connect it to Apache. If you have multiple virtual hosts, you'll probably end up doing some manual configuration with Apache, as the web server configuration tool doesn't handle that too well - you might want to test setting this up in another environment first. 3. Should I set-up a VM? That shouldn't be necessary for this. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or o ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336786 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to Apache
I have wordpress 3 running on IIS7 with no problems at all, it was the easiest setup I have ever done and works perfectly. However I note you said you are running windows 2003 which is IIS6, which may be the issue as I believe wordpress requires URL rewriting to work properly. This is built in to IIS7 bit not IIS6, and wordpress detects IIS7 automatically and generates the rewrite rules in the web.config which is the same as the .htaccess. There is a solution for IIS6 called ISAPI REWRITE which is fully compatible with Apache mod_rewrite rules and you can just copy the Apache .htaccess file, so any software that requires Apache for mod_rewrite , should work on IIS using ISAPI_REWRITE. You can download it here. http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/ -- Russ Michaels www.cfmldeveloper.com - Supporting the CF community since 1999 FREE ColdFusion/Railo hosting for developers. blog: www.michaels.me.uk ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336787 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Moving to Apache
Russ, We tried ISAPI_WRITE_LITE from Helicon Tech. We couldn't get the Rewrite Rules to work. We also tried WordPress_URL Rewrite and that crashed the system. We just figured the only way around was to switch to Apache. I will have to see if our System Admin is willing to upgrade to IIS7. Steve LaBadie, Web Manager East Stroudsburg University 200 Prospect St. East Stroudsburg, Pa 18301 570-422-3999 http://www.esu.edu slaba...@po-box.esu.edu -Original Message- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2010 2:50 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Moving to Apache I have wordpress 3 running on IIS7 with no problems at all, it was the easiest setup I have ever done and works perfectly. However I note you said you are running windows 2003 which is IIS6, which may be the issue as I believe wordpress requires URL rewriting to work properly. This is built in to IIS7 bit not IIS6, and wordpress detects IIS7 automatically and generates the rewrite rules in the web.config which is the same as the .htaccess. There is a solution for IIS6 called ISAPI REWRITE which is fully compatible with Apache mod_rewrite rules and you can just copy the Apache .htaccess file, so any software that requires Apache for mod_rewrite , should work on IIS using ISAPI_REWRITE. You can download it here. http://www.helicontech.com/isapi_rewrite/ -- Russ Michaels www.cfmldeveloper.com - Supporting the CF community since 1999 FREE ColdFusion/Railo hosting for developers. blog: www.michaels.me.uk ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336791 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to Apache
make sure you are using Isapi rewrite 3 and not 2 as only 3 works with apache rules make sure wordpress is giving you the Apache rules and not the IIS rules. If it is causing you that much grief, it probably will just be easier to give Apache a try. However I would recommend upgrading to windows 2008/IIS7 as it is better in many ways, it is however significantly different and does have a fair old learning curve. -- Russ Michaels www.cfmldeveloper.com - Supporting the CF community since 1999 FREE ColdFusion/Railo hosting for developers. blog: www.michaels.me.uk ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336794 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
