default install, windows iis server is complaining

[hareslade]

Hi
I'm just starting with cms made simple,

Run down of probs so far on default install of latest stable version d/load, into my local windows iis server on win 2k

... the links to admin page from install are 'folders', my server needs the index.php ending as well (not a big prob!)

But.. when I tried to access the admin page it got upset and said...

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The XML page cannot be displayed 
Cannot view XML input using XSL style sheet. Please correct the error and then click the Refresh button, or try again later. 

Only one top level element is allowed in an XML document. Error processing resource 'http://www.zencarts.com/cmsmadesimple/admin/login.php'. Line 2, Position 2 

<b>Notice</b>:  Undefined index:  QUERY_STRING in <b>D:\www.zencarts.com\cmsmadesimple\lib\classes\class.admintheme.inc.php</b> on line <b>121</b><br />

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Maybe my iis server does not have the $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] as in the code line 121?

Is this a known problem?

Any easy solution?

oh and also, there was no 'upload' folder created in the original install, I did that by hand

[wiseleo]

Be a little more specific.

Versions of:

Windows
IIS
mySQL
PHP
CMSMS

How did you install PHP? Was it with Windows installer or from the Zip file? How is the .php file extension mapped in IIS settings (is it PHP through ISAPI or PHP as CGI)? Can you confirm that you can access http://localhost/test.php where test.php is located at c:\inetpub\wwwroot\test.php and consists of ?

How did you install mySQL? Did you use any combo package such as http://www.easyphp.org/?lang=en

Folder name of cmsms (is it C:\inetpub\wwwroot\cms ?)

What happens if you try to access http://localhost/cms/install/install.php ?

Is everything green across the board, or are there permissions issues?

If this sounds complicated, then please realize that running php apps on IIS is substantially more difficult than it is on Apache. There are excellent tutorials available on http://www.php.net on how to make this work. On the other hand, if you were to run Apache instead of IIS, you probably would be able to use default install instructions almost unchanged.

Lastly, $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'] is a standard array variable in PHP4. If this doesn't work, then nothing will.

Good luck