I have my Wordpress site running smoothly and I installed it too using Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Is your PHP configured properly. I mean a simple PHP test page working fine.
Also can you post the detailed error message you are getting. You will need to turn off "Show Friendly HTTP request' feature in IE. How to do that is explained at
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294807.
Were you able to finish the installation using Web PI? I mean did you launch the site's page and were able to run through Wordpress installation? Or you are getting 500 launching the site from WPI finished page.
<div mce_keep="true">In all probability you have Wordpress installed inside the folder C:\inetpub\wwwroot</div>
<div mce_keep="true">Where is your test.php file located?</div>
<div mce_keep="true">Can you put the test.php file inside wordpress folder and try to access in from browser by using URL
http://localhost/wordpress/test.php and see if test.php works.</div>
server_peep
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Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 05:16 PM|LINK
OK finally got the php working but Wordpress is giving me 500 errors. Any ideas? I have searched and searched...................
iis Wordpress 500 error
don.raman
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Microsoft
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Re: Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 05:26 PM|LINK
Hi,
Can you let me know how did you install Wordpress and PHP.
Thanks,
Don.
server_peep
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Re: Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 05:35 PM|LINK
Microsoft Web Platform Installer was the last one.
don.raman
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Microsoft
Moderator
Re: Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 05:40 PM|LINK
Hi,
I have my Wordpress site running smoothly and I installed it too using Microsoft Web Platform Installer. Is your PHP configured properly. I mean a simple PHP test page working fine.
Also can you post the detailed error message you are getting. You will need to turn off "Show Friendly HTTP request' feature in IE. How to do that is explained at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/294807.
Thanks,
Don.
server_peep
17 Posts
Re: Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 05:54 PM|LINK
Test php page works fine.
When "Show Friendly HTTP request" is off, I get a blank page. When "Show Friendly HTTP request" is on, I get a 500 error.
don.raman
1207 Posts
Microsoft
Moderator
Re: Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 05:59 PM|LINK
Hi,
Were you able to finish the installation using Web PI? I mean did you launch the site's page and were able to run through Wordpress installation? Or you are getting 500 launching the site from WPI finished page.
Thanks,
Don.
Rovastar
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Re: Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 06:08 PM|LINK
Where they any webcodes to the 500 error?
What do the IIS logs say?
don.raman
1207 Posts
Microsoft
Moderator
Re: Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 06:10 PM|LINK
Can you also check what 500 error you are getting. If you are on IIS6.0 you can use the link http://www.microsoft.com/technet/prodtechnol/WindowsServer2003/Library/IIS/64e30660-d2f0-4e90-98cc-1652214a2b93.mspx?mfr=true for details.
Also http://www.iis-aid.com/articles/trouble_shooting/php_http_500_error seems to be a nice article on troubleshooting 500 errors.
Couple of more things:
Thanks,
Don.
server_peep
17 Posts
Re: Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 06:11 PM|LINK
Both. Yes, the installation finished but I get a blank page.
server_peep
17 Posts
Re: Wordpress on iis - 500 Server Errors
Dec 29, 2009 06:26 PM|LINK
No, just says:
This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying.
<div style="DISPLAY: block" id=infoBlockID class=infoBlock>For more information about HTTP errors, see Help.
The web site logs? Nothing really...
</div>