Hi Again thanks for your help, but clearly installing Umbraco is well beyond my capabilities, I thought I had done what you suggested all my folders were set to 777 and web.config I changed to 777 but when I went to www.elsmore-wickens.co.uk/install/default.aspx I get the same run time error.
I guess i will just have to give up getting Umbraco operating, it is a shame that there is not a simple automated process to install like there usually is on Unix servers.
Also why when I try "umbraco web pi installer it does everything for you" do i get message "The Web Platform Installer could not start. Please report following error on Web Platform Installer forum. http://forums.iis.net/1155.aspx "
It will fix all the problems.Keep in mind that since your actual IIS will be IIS6-- pages renedrs differently if you open your local site and when you run preview via WebMatrix (IIS Express 7.5) you will see completely different pages.
For local IIS setup after installation you will have 2 choices:
1. Point your site to the folder where WebMatrix put your files
2. Copy entire folder to your local web server and run site from there.
Since database will be the same it will preserve all your work. And one more time: it will look different than on IIS Express. Best way is to get server 2008 and it will solve all your problems. Know because I spent at least 3 days figuring out and asking for help here to resolve issues of Umbraco on IIS 6 installation.
Problem installing 4.7 on Windows 2003 server
Hi I am a complete newbie and have not been able to find a tutorial on how to directly install on a windows 2003 server.
so I downloaded unzipped and then uploaded the contents of build folder to wwwroot on my shared server.
But when I go to http://www.elsmore-wickens.co.uk/install/default.aspx I get a runtime error.
I have looked at some topics but i am afraid they pass me by like: http://our.umbraco.org/forum/getting-started/installing-umbraco/11518-Installing-Umbraco-on-Windows-2003 and http://our.umbraco.org/forum/getting-started/installing-umbraco/15750-How-to-install-45plus-on-windows-server-2003-with-net-40
Can someone please either point me to correct tutorial or point our what I am doing wrong.
Sorry to be such a pain but i ws hoping for a simple install.
Jim,
Use umbraco web pi installer it does everything for you
http://umbraco.com/help-and-support/video-tutorials/getting-started/installing-with-web-pi?redirected=true
http://www.microsoft.com/web/umbraco
Regards
Ismail
+1 for web PI.
If you don't want to use it then check your file permissions for the App Pool account on the wwwroot folder
j
Hi thanks for your input, I did try to install on my Windows Vista laptop but i get this message:
The Web Platform Installer could not start. Please report following error on Web Platform Installer forum. http://forums.iis.net/1155.aspx
Have not done action suggested, I just wanted to upload umbraco to my server.
finnaly, i can't see App Pool account in wwwroot folder I have the following folders:
App_Browsers
App_Code
App_Data
Bin
Config
Css
Data
Install
MacroScripts
Masterpages
Media
Scipts
Umbraco
Umbraco_client
Usercontrols
xslt
Plus two files
default.aspx
web.config
Hi Jim,
Here's a wiki post about file permissions, hope it helps
http://our.umbraco.org/wiki/reference/files-and-folders/permissions
j
Hi Again thanks for your help, but clearly installing Umbraco is well beyond my capabilities, I thought I had done what you suggested all my folders were set to 777 and web.config I changed to 777 but when I went to www.elsmore-wickens.co.uk/install/default.aspx I get the same run time error.
Looking at "Also make sure to read the article about the more automated way to set these permissions." left me completly clueless.
I guess i will just have to give up getting Umbraco operating, it is a shame that there is not a simple automated process to install like there usually is on Unix servers.
Also why when I try "umbraco web pi installer it does everything for you" do i get message "The Web Platform Installer could not start. Please report following error on Web Platform Installer forum. http://forums.iis.net/1155.aspx "
Hi Jim,
One thing to note, you have to cascade the permissions down the folder structure.
Have you checked the event viewer for any erros that may help to explain why the Web PI could not start?
Jay
Hey,
How did you get on?
It sounds like you're form a linux background so if you're still struggling I'd suggest reading up on IIS.
Also, it occured to me that you ran the Web PI on a server, do you have a Windows PC you can try installing it on?
Jay
Here's a useful (and recent) blog post on installing manually on Window 7
http://cultiv.nl/blog/2011/7/18/how-to-install-umbraco-manually/
To install on windows 2003 do not use any manual installation packages.
Use WebMatrix installation button from http://umbraco.com/download.
It will fix all the problems.Keep in mind that since your actual IIS will be IIS6-- pages renedrs differently if you open your local site and when you run preview via WebMatrix (IIS Express 7.5) you will see completely different pages.
For local IIS setup after installation you will have 2 choices:
1. Point your site to the folder where WebMatrix put your files
2. Copy entire folder to your local web server and run site from there.
Since database will be the same it will preserve all your work. And one more time: it will look different than on IIS Express. Best way is to get server 2008 and it will solve all your problems. Know because I spent at least 3 days figuring out and asking for help here to resolve issues of Umbraco on IIS 6 installation.
Thanks, that helped
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