WordPress on IIS - Tip of the Day
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Last week I was asked to setup a WordPress website on one of our servers to allow a consultant to build a new website for us. After more than a few days of fighting with it, I've finally got it all working. (for now) If anyone here ever has a need to do the same thing, I'd like to put this on record so the next poor sod doesn't suffer needlessly. Whatever you do, don't use the Platform Installer in IIS to install WordPress. Besides certain prerequisite packages failing with signature issues, when it finally does install, every component is out of date. To boot, the MySQL instance can't be upgraded using the MySQL installer. :| One other thing...never try to test a new WordPress website using IE. I was remoted into the server, (server 2016) and since it only had IE, that's what I used. After receiving 500s for a couple of hours and tweaking dozens of settings to no avail, did I decide to try it in Chrome and finally received an informative message I could use...the php version was out of date! I quit using MySQL and php several years ago but now it seems I'm back in the thick of it! X| My only hope is that WordPress abstracts enough that I don't have to get my hands dirty with it. I've been in charge of the websites for 20+ years but the time has come for a makeover...something more modern...bootstrap, huge graphics, lots of white space, endless scrolling, fancy transforms, fade-ins, ad nauseum. :~ It's actually a relief to be handing this responsibility off to a real web designer. :)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Last week I was asked to setup a WordPress website on one of our servers to allow a consultant to build a new website for us. After more than a few days of fighting with it, I've finally got it all working. (for now) If anyone here ever has a need to do the same thing, I'd like to put this on record so the next poor sod doesn't suffer needlessly. Whatever you do, don't use the Platform Installer in IIS to install WordPress. Besides certain prerequisite packages failing with signature issues, when it finally does install, every component is out of date. To boot, the MySQL instance can't be upgraded using the MySQL installer. :| One other thing...never try to test a new WordPress website using IE. I was remoted into the server, (server 2016) and since it only had IE, that's what I used. After receiving 500s for a couple of hours and tweaking dozens of settings to no avail, did I decide to try it in Chrome and finally received an informative message I could use...the php version was out of date! I quit using MySQL and php several years ago but now it seems I'm back in the thick of it! X| My only hope is that WordPress abstracts enough that I don't have to get my hands dirty with it. I've been in charge of the websites for 20+ years but the time has come for a makeover...something more modern...bootstrap, huge graphics, lots of white space, endless scrolling, fancy transforms, fade-ins, ad nauseum. :~ It's actually a relief to be handing this responsibility off to a real web designer. :)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Is an Apache server in a linux VM a viable option? I never tried WordPress on IIS, wouldn't want to have to :)
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke! Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
phil.o wrote:
Is an Apache server in a linux VM a viable option?
I suppose it would be...a VM in a VM...never tried it before. Even then, it'd have to listen on another port number which would be awkward. Unless you meant another VM, in which case I'd rather spare the extra expense/hassle. If it was high traffic, I might agree, but it's not. Besides, I don't have time to learn 'nix. :-D
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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phil.o wrote:
Is an Apache server in a linux VM a viable option?
I suppose it would be...a VM in a VM...never tried it before. Even then, it'd have to listen on another port number which would be awkward. Unless you meant another VM, in which case I'd rather spare the extra expense/hassle. If it was high traffic, I might agree, but it's not. Besides, I don't have time to learn 'nix. :-D
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Is an Apache server in a linux VM a viable option? I never tried WordPress on IIS, wouldn't want to have to :)
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke! Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
Why not Apache under Windows? ApacheLounge (and others) have prebuilt binaries, quite up to date.
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Last week I was asked to setup a WordPress website on one of our servers to allow a consultant to build a new website for us. After more than a few days of fighting with it, I've finally got it all working. (for now) If anyone here ever has a need to do the same thing, I'd like to put this on record so the next poor sod doesn't suffer needlessly. Whatever you do, don't use the Platform Installer in IIS to install WordPress. Besides certain prerequisite packages failing with signature issues, when it finally does install, every component is out of date. To boot, the MySQL instance can't be upgraded using the MySQL installer. :| One other thing...never try to test a new WordPress website using IE. I was remoted into the server, (server 2016) and since it only had IE, that's what I used. After receiving 500s for a couple of hours and tweaking dozens of settings to no avail, did I decide to try it in Chrome and finally received an informative message I could use...the php version was out of date! I quit using MySQL and php several years ago but now it seems I'm back in the thick of it! X| My only hope is that WordPress abstracts enough that I don't have to get my hands dirty with it. I've been in charge of the websites for 20+ years but the time has come for a makeover...something more modern...bootstrap, huge graphics, lots of white space, endless scrolling, fancy transforms, fade-ins, ad nauseum. :~ It's actually a relief to be handing this responsibility off to a real web designer. :)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
kmoorevs wrote:
It's actually a relief to be handing this responsibility off to a real web designer. :)
:D "Web designer" is used here as an insult :)
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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kmoorevs wrote:
It's actually a relief to be handing this responsibility off to a real web designer. :)
:D "Web designer" is used here as an insult :)
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Why not Apache under Windows? ApacheLounge (and others) have prebuilt binaries, quite up to date.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Last week I was asked to setup a WordPress website on one of our servers to allow a consultant to build a new website for us. After more than a few days of fighting with it, I've finally got it all working. (for now) If anyone here ever has a need to do the same thing, I'd like to put this on record so the next poor sod doesn't suffer needlessly. Whatever you do, don't use the Platform Installer in IIS to install WordPress. Besides certain prerequisite packages failing with signature issues, when it finally does install, every component is out of date. To boot, the MySQL instance can't be upgraded using the MySQL installer. :| One other thing...never try to test a new WordPress website using IE. I was remoted into the server, (server 2016) and since it only had IE, that's what I used. After receiving 500s for a couple of hours and tweaking dozens of settings to no avail, did I decide to try it in Chrome and finally received an informative message I could use...the php version was out of date! I quit using MySQL and php several years ago but now it seems I'm back in the thick of it! X| My only hope is that WordPress abstracts enough that I don't have to get my hands dirty with it. I've been in charge of the websites for 20+ years but the time has come for a makeover...something more modern...bootstrap, huge graphics, lots of white space, endless scrolling, fancy transforms, fade-ins, ad nauseum. :~ It's actually a relief to be handing this responsibility off to a real web designer. :)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
kmoorevs wrote:
One other thing...never try to test a new WordPress website using IE.
FTFY :~
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Last week I was asked to setup a WordPress website on one of our servers to allow a consultant to build a new website for us. After more than a few days of fighting with it, I've finally got it all working. (for now) If anyone here ever has a need to do the same thing, I'd like to put this on record so the next poor sod doesn't suffer needlessly. Whatever you do, don't use the Platform Installer in IIS to install WordPress. Besides certain prerequisite packages failing with signature issues, when it finally does install, every component is out of date. To boot, the MySQL instance can't be upgraded using the MySQL installer. :| One other thing...never try to test a new WordPress website using IE. I was remoted into the server, (server 2016) and since it only had IE, that's what I used. After receiving 500s for a couple of hours and tweaking dozens of settings to no avail, did I decide to try it in Chrome and finally received an informative message I could use...the php version was out of date! I quit using MySQL and php several years ago but now it seems I'm back in the thick of it! X| My only hope is that WordPress abstracts enough that I don't have to get my hands dirty with it. I've been in charge of the websites for 20+ years but the time has come for a makeover...something more modern...bootstrap, huge graphics, lots of white space, endless scrolling, fancy transforms, fade-ins, ad nauseum. :~ It's actually a relief to be handing this responsibility off to a real web designer. :)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
kmoorevs wrote:
I've been in charge of the websites for 20+ years
But you don't know how to turn off friendly errors in IE....?
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That's also a solution. I'm more familiar with apache on debian, though.
"Five fruits and vegetables a day? What a joke! Personally, after the third watermelon, I'm full."
So am I. But I did run Apache on Windows Home Server (2008?) before I switched to Ubuntu.
Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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kmoorevs wrote:
I've been in charge of the websites for 20+ years
But you don't know how to turn off friendly errors in IE....?
F-ES Sitecore wrote:
But you don't know how to turn off friendly errors in IE....?
I could have sworn I that option was off...or maybe I'm confused by 'friendly errors'. To me a friendly error is one that gives me a clue. :laugh:
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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kmoorevs wrote:
It's actually a relief to be handing this responsibility off to a real web designer. :)
:D "Web designer" is used here as an insult :)
Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^] "If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
Eddy Vluggen wrote:
an insult
Not in the least. I should probably clarify why I didn't use web developer...In the interview, I asked him (as a test) if WordPress used php. He was only 85% sure it was...doesn't get into the code much I guess. Using a fancy WYSIWYG editor/framework to arrange content doesn't make you a developer. :)
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
