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Hi, I'd just like to begin by saying I really love CMSMS and am using it for three sites that I have with a host. I've agreed to helping a local organization modernize their website and they are using a Microsoft Windows 2003 Small Business Server with IIS. We've tried several different things to try and get .php files to work on the server but to no avail. I am curious as to the steps necessary to install CMSMS onto the Microsoft server with IIS. I'm not super familiar with servers, but enough that I can probably understand how to do things. So, I'd appreciate the simplest way of doing things and clear directions if you can. Thanks so much for your help!

First thing, the server has to have PHP and MySQL installed. Do you know if it does?

Nullg

I'm pretty sure we installed PHP onto the server, but when we tried to view .php files, they wouldn't show up. What do you suppose could be the issue that's causing that to happen?

I hope you know this isn't cmsms specific topic, and search on the internet! Having searched Google, I found this article:

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10877-6122135.html

BUT I DON'T KNOW whether it is complete guide for PRODUCTION SERVERS, the guy in the article says "...on my lab server...".

[edit] For my testing server, I actually followed this guide:

http://www.peterguy.com/php/install_IIS6.html

Yes, this isn't CMSms specific to run PHP on Windows.
http://wiki.cmsmadesimple.org/index.php ... quirements
PHP has its own support forum : http://www.php.net/manual/en/install.windows.php

Pierre M.