Installing Wordpress on IIS7

Question

I am trying to install wordpress on IIS but I cant seem to make it work.

I keep receiving the following error:

Error Summary

HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error

An unknown FastCGI error occured

Detailed Error Information

Module: FastCgiModule

Notification: ExecuteRequestHandler

Handler: PHP52_via_FastCGI

Error Code: 0x8007010b

Requested URL: http://localhost:80/blog/index.php

Physical Path: C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Blog\index.php

Logon Method: Anonymous

Logon User: Anonymous

I cant seem to make it work.

Answer 1

You should try Microsoft Web Platform Installer, which will help you set this up in IIS. This requires almost no prior experience in setting up web applications, and should work out-of-the-box.

Answer 2

Microsoft Web PI is definitely the easiest way configure IIS.

Alternatively, you could also try with XAMPP for Windows if you don't necessarily have to use IIS.

Answer 3

Error code 0x8007010b means 'The directory name is invalid'. First of all check if the folder C:\inetpub\wwwroot\Blog exists but could also be another folder referenced from your PHP.INI configuration file.