We have a web server which already has some asp.net web applications running on it. Recently management has decided to convert our website to WordPress so I need to install Wordpress on Windows web server.
I am not a WordPress guy, can you please guide me what things I will need to install and what would be easiest way for that. I m wondering do I need to install MYSQL, Php, Apachi along with Wordpress ? How you see using MS Web Matrix to do word press installation on server which already has some live applications.
I highly appreciate your time, help and guidance.
Try WampServer
It is an open source development stack for Windows that includes Apache, MySQL, and PHP.
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I am a beginner web developer looking to create a website using PHP, MySQl, and Apache. Windows 10 is downloaded on my laptop. Which version of PHP and which version of Apache should I download? I already have MySQL installed. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I will suggest you use WampServer.
WampServer is a Windows web development environment. It allows you to
create web applications with Apache2, PHP and a MySQL database.
Alongside, PhpMyAdmin allows you to manage easily your databases.
Pls download from official site.
I want to make custom php/apache2 installer including my web application for distribution. So for example user downloads the one click installer and he will have installed php/apache2 and web application. And all he have to do is go to localhost. (The best thing would be double click then shortcut icon just to go to localhost in browser, but check that apache is running)
What is the proper way to do it? Any tips, easy tip of doing it?
p.s. for all popular os Mac OS, Win, and Linux/Ubuntu
I'd ship a Virtual Machine with the application, and supporting platform, installed and ready to go. Virtualbox is well supported and would be a good place to start.
Good luck,
Anthony.
Latest PHP version has a webserver included and with SQLite, all you need is to start PHP WebServer, maybe it could help to make a lightweight installation.
I have a server which already host ASP.Net website. I am migrating from blogger to WordPress. So I need to install WordPress on our server. Can we host WordPress on windows server??
Yes you can install Wordpress (or any other php application) on a windows server IF php is installed on the server. There are many tutorials on google on how to install and setup PHP on IIS (the Windows web server), but Microsoft actually provides an easy PHP install from their website : Install PHP on IIS from Windows Web App Gallery
Wordpress also needs MySQL to work, so that would have to be installed on the server as well.
Your main concern here I guess is whether you have access to the server to install PHP & MySQL:
If this server is provided by a hosting service, it might not support
PHP, in which case there's nothing you can do. You'll need to check with the provider whether they support it or not, and if they can install it.
If you have complete access to the server, you just need to install PHP and MySQL (a bit of configuration will probably be needed - lots of tutorials on google to help you there); then install Wordpress normally as you would on any other kind of server.
PS: if you install PHP yourself, you should make sure to check which version of IIS you are running (IIS6 on windows 2003? IIS7+ on windows 2008?). IIS6 requires some extra configuration to make everything work, as pointed out in the article linked by Marty in his comment.
When I first started using Wordpress I used a Windows Server (granted it was shared space by a service provider) and it ran poorly. I switched to a Linux hosting account and it ran much better. Just my two cents based on my experience.
I would like to have an asp.net website hosted in IIS at site like this
www.mydotnetsite.com
and then have a wordpress blog that is an application to it...
www.mydotnetsite.com/wordpressblogsite/
Is this possible?
Yes, it will be not a problem. Even some Windows Shared Hosts offer PHP plans - Windows Hosting PHP.
You can configure IIS to support both Asp.Net and PHP at the same time.
yes,you can host your php website in IIS
Yes it is possible! You can install wordpress in a subdirectory.
You need to have PHP/MySql configured in your IIS. (Here is how)
You need to point www.mydotnetsite.com/wordpressblogsite/ to the wordpress folder (Download the latest from wordpress.org). In most of the cases, simply copying the folder with the desired name(wordpressblogsite) within the document root of webserver is enough.
You can then go to the URL and follow the installation option (recommended) OR you can edit the wp-config.php file to put the db credentials etc.
The short answer: Yes.
The long answer:
First you're going to have to make sure that PHP and MySQL are installed and working properly on your server and configured for use with IIS. There are installers available to make this process easy. Check out http://php.iis.net/. That will help out a lot with getting PHP up and running as well as installing wordpress. MySQL should be easy too, just check out their site and install the correct package.
Iam not able to get familiar with XAMPP interface on Windows7 (Only prior experiencxe is with HTML,C,C++).
How to proceed to begin development work in PHP and MySQL and test developed contents using Apache Server.
Please help to understand its working flow.
Thanks in Advance.
First, find a good PHP book or tutorial to learn PHP. There are plenty out there, just Google or visit the PHP homepage.
As you follow the book or tutorial, save your .php files in the XAMPP htdocs folder. This will let you view your results using the XAMPP web server. For example, if you write a PHP script called test.php and save it in the htdocs folder, you can access it on your local XAMPP server via http://localhost/test.php.
XAMPP includes phpMyAdmin, which lets you manage the included MySQL database. You can learn more about phpMyAdmin here.
Be sure to read the XAMPP documentation so that you know how to start up Apache and MySQL and access phpMyAdmin.
XAMPP is only a service that provides a webserver, server side language (PHP), database and interface to connect to said interface. Once it is installed you are good to go, all you need to do is turn on Apache, then MySQL. All the rest of the installation requirements should be done automatically upon installation.
Maybe it is better to explain your particular issue...
I was beginning from Denwer. It was very easy to begin with him. He includes php, mysql, apache.
http://www.denwer.ru
You have to run the Apache server for php and the MySQL server for MySQL :D. You can run it by starting the XAMPP Control and than run them. Now you can go to the localhost http://localhost/
There are some instructions.
I hope it is useful.
Marcel
Do you really need XAMPP? Sumit, I also have Win7/x64 on one machine, where I installed
Apache 2.2.16 for 32bit Windows
PHP 5.3.2 (x32 Windows VC6 install binary)
Perl 5.12.1 32bit x86 from Activestate
MySQL 5.1 32bit x86 Windows installer)
I installed all-32-bit stuff (even if on 64bit Windows) because that guarantees you a much simpler life. You can handle or maintain every component individually, for including PHP or Perl into Apache, you just change a line or two in the Apache config file. There's no magic at all with all these programs. Install them by yourself and learn a lot in the process.