iis7 server 2008 setup

[PEO]

I want to setup our new joomla site on 2008, So I looked for some tutorials and so Far I've done the following

 

installed IIS7, MYSQL, MYPHP

 

Before I go any further I wanted to make sure that a simple static website could be created.

 

So I created one called staff.... this was 2 hours ago.. I just cant seem to access a simple static webpage.

 

if I type in to browser from remote machine

 

http://staff it struggles to find then shoots off to google.

 

now If type http://(server name)/staff I get a "404 Error file or directory not found"

 

Any Ideas?

[FN-GM]

Did you put an A record in DNS called staff and pointed it to the Server?

[mac_shinobi]

Did you put an A record in DNS called staff and pointed it to the Server?

 

that or alter the clients host file to point to the server ?

[PEO]

nope

[PEO]

I have 1 week off work and I make a school boy error as easy as that... cheers

[FN-GM]

I have 1 week off work and I make a school boy error as easy as that... cheers

 

No problem, i do it all the time. Glad you got it sorted.

[PEO]

Right I've copied across joomla files to do a setup on the server and I am getting the following

 

500 - Internal server error.

There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

 

anyone come across this?

Edited July 27, 2009 by PEO

[FN-GM]

Have you installed PHP?

[PEO]

Have you installed PHP?

 

Yes

 

 

php.ini file attached

php.zip

[kmount]

Knock up a .php file and try and browse to it with the following content.

 

phpinfo();
?>

 

See if that works.

[mac_shinobi]

Turn Off Friendly HTTP Error Messages in IE - Internet Explorer

 

Should try and help you debug the error message you are getting.

[PEO]

ok created php file caled it index.php

 

also turned off freindley error messages in IE.

 

Still getting Server Error

500 - Internal server error.

There is a problem with the resource you are looking for, and it cannot be displayed.

[dgsmith]

For what it's worth, I have also just setup an installation recently of server 2008, with php and mysql, and was getting 500 errors with PHP. I just needed to browse to php.ini and set the config for error logging (you can make it log to a file or the internal system events); on my installation, neither was setup, and I did the latter, and then php pages loaded as expected.

 

I have no idea if this will help or even work for you (I don't think I did anything else besides this, but maybe I did sub-conciously and not realise it). Give it a try at least - if it does work, chances are that is what the problem was for me. I did some fiddling too with the security on the php.ini file and subfolders within, but can't recall if this was during or after fixing our 500 error!

[PEO]

which line is it please?

[dgsmith]

; Log errors to specified file.
;error_log = C:\Program Files (x86)\PHP\logs\php.log

; Log errors to syslog (Event Log on NT, not valid in Windows 95).
error_log = syslog

 

For me, the second "error_log" was commented out (with ; in front). Line numbers may differ, so I guess just search the file for error_log.

 

It may not even be that, but worth a check I guess. We're running Windows in 64bit if that makes any difference..

[PEO]

aaa balls! latest version of php 5.3.0 is not compatible with joomla. I've got to revert back to 5.2.10

 

I've so far installed joomla on my server.. the problem now is check boxes at the back end are missing and menus on the front end are missing.

 

Im writing all this down as I go and will put it all togeather in a nice tutorial with screen shots if anyone is intrested.

 

Thank you to everyone thats helped me so far

[mac_shinobi]

aaa balls! latest version of php 5.3.0 is not compatible with joomla. I've got to revert back to 5.2.10

 

I've so far installed joomla on my server.. the problem now is check boxes at the back end are missing and menus on the front end are missing.

 

Im writing all this down as I go and will put it all togeather in a nice tutorial with screen shots if anyone is intrested.

 

Thank you to everyone thats helped me so far

 

yes that would be handy re the tutorial with screen grabs etc