By siddharth-1 on
I have to launch a website on windows 2000 platform. Right now, I have a blank page - default.html in the website folder, which was created using Frontpage.
What are the steps required to publish the webiste on Drupal. Do I need to install all of these - Apache, MySQL, PHP and Drupal.
Regards,
Siddharth
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You can use IIS with PHP. So
You can use IIS with PHP. So you only need to download php and mysql
Configure in IIS
I have used it under both 2000 and XP using IIS, run fine for most things. The image module and email can be a trick to configure though. (I have never got either to work but have not spent the time because I use XP for concepts but the final site ends up on linux)
You will need to add index.php as default document type though.
With the new image module,
With the new image module, just go through the php site docs to make sure you enable GD2 on Windows and the image module works just fine after that.
Windows XP Home does not have an SMTP component of the IIS server. XP Pro does and that will work. Otherwise Mail Enable has a free version and I recently ran across http://www.hmailserver.com/?page=features which I have not tested but also has an SMTP server with a GUI configuration.
-sp
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Here you go
I need to update these for 4.6, but it will get you can adapt them for your production server. I sue a slightly modifed steps for IIS6. http://drupal.org/node/9407
Please make sure you secure you IIS site according to MS guidelines and you are fully patched.
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/prodtech/IIS.mspx
-sp
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Test site...always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide
Why does everyone wanna use IIs? ....
You can set up apache and get a more realistic experience, one that is closer to a production server or a hosted server. Who uses IIs for actual websites these days? Dumb server. Apache 1.3.26 and php 4.2.3 work fine on my old win98 junker, although I do final testing on a linux server.
I would install apache 1.3.26 and php 4x and mysql and use the mysqladmin win32 tool in the mysql/bin dir to turn mysql on/off. Apache i set up to run in console just for me. I can tell ya the basic tricks to get em all working real fast.
i also use dreamweaver/fireworks and run email and the server progs all at the same time on 98 megs of ram ... lol. Not all that slow unless I look at localhost website too much in web browser.
Now you know all my secrets ...
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Not
Everyone is NOT using IIS. IIS is a minority install here and Drupal is all the more impressive for it's built in cross platform support. I use it because I am paid to support it professionally and I have the licenses to do so on a personal basis. I can effectively secure an IIS installation. where I do not have that expertise (or time or interest:) ) in securing Apache.
Other than for development purposes, you should not be running your production web site off the workstation you use on a regular basis. Even if that is a Linux or BSD based system. You can also match your system scenerio with IIS instead of Apache. IIS is not generally a resource bottleneck on a system unless the web application is and so far Drupal has a very small performance hit on my server.
-sp
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Test site...always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide
-Steven Peck
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Test site, always start with a test site.
Drupal Best Practices Guide
Yes yur right, I was referring to ...
... my personal experience of course, and like many people I started out with hosting services. So, the gist of my comment was for someone in that situation, the important thing is to be proficient with the production setup and maintenance. Of course Apache on windows will offer little in that regard, but apache is the web server most people would be using in a hosting service situation. Apache, php, mysql.
The understanding of how apache is set up gained by setting it up helps one understand the workings of the most likely production server overall and how these components interact, s'all I was saying.
The only thing I'm licensed to do is try ... :) an I lykit!
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Can you make a write up?
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Can you create a write up with the steps, in detail? This is an often asked question.
Better yet, go to the Handbook and see the Requirements and Installation where it says Windows, and rewrite those sections, and we will publish them for everyone's benefit.
If you can spare the time, please do it.
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Can you make a write up
I have tried several times to get Drupal working on Apache 11.3 and php4.3.
I sort of get it working with a 4.6 but as soon as I load a working site from the Linux
it displays the first page only.
Looks like it's not horning the directories index.php ?
Thanks
Ron