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Hi all,

Hope someone can help.

I'm running Server 2003 on an old Pentium III 600 with a 160Gb hard drive, with a fresh install of server 2003 and the only server role created is an application server, IIS.

I followed the brilliant instructions at http://www.iisadmin.co.uk/?p=4 to install PHP and then http://www.iisadmin.co.uk/?p=5 to install MySQL and I now have both PHP and MySQL up and running.

PHP is version 5.2.4
MySQL 5.0.45

I've downloaded CMSMS and copied it to the root folder of the webserver as per the instructions.

When I browse the website and load index.php it brings up the install screen with steps 1 to 5.

The first page has two yellow dots:

FIRST
Checking if session.save_path is writable has the issue "Your session.save_path is "". Not having this as writable may make logins to the Admin Panel not work.  You may want to look at making this path wirtable if you have trouble logging in to the Admin Panel.  This test may fail if safe_mode is enabled (see below).

SECOND
Checking max upload file size (min 2M, recommended 10M)  You have 2M
You will probably not be able to upload (larger) files using the included file management functions.  Please be aware of this restriction.

Scrolling to bottom allows me to choose the "continue" button to page 2.
I enter all the admin account details ok and can choose the continue button to go to page 3.

Page 3 is where the problem is:
When I enter the cms user and password, the next page I receive is "This page cannot be displayed"

I've tried changing the username to another one, granting new rights and changing the password in MySQL to no avail.

Can anyone assist please?

Felix

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LATER:
Managed to get all the buttons "green" by tweaking the php.ini file.

However, still CANNOT get paste stage 3 of the setup.  Still the same problem "This page cannot be displayed"

I'm pretty sure the user has full access to the database and can actually use it...

Felix

Hello Felix,

you have all green lights and what is failing is the keying of database information, right ?
If you are "pretty sure the user has full access to the database and can actually use it" (BTW, you can test this with a command line MySQL or another PHP-SQL app like PhpMyAdmin) may be you are missing a MySQL driver for PHP, as you have build your PHP yourself ? Are you sure your PHP is compiled with MySQL support ?
What does phpinfo outputs about this ?
What are the http logs ?
Can you try with another browser to get more than "This page cannot be displayed" ?

BTW, you may like the xampp way.

Pierre M.

Hey Pierre,

I checked out XAMPP and subsequently started afresh. 

I reformatted the hard drive, reinstalled server 2003 and installed XAMPP along with Wordpress and CMSMS,

When I finally figured out that they had to go in the htdocs folder, it started working.

Now I just have to figure out how to keep the CMSMS website and all it's info and start a new site.  I guess it just nmeans starting another folder in htdocs and putting a CMSMS webiste in it...

Felix