[SOLVED] IIS Issues

[BetaLeaf]

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[Laxer]

Thank you for that.

It looks like PHP is set up correctly.

What isn't set up correctly is URL rewriting.

Once again, this is somewhat unfamiliar ground to me so I can only roughly point you in a direction.

Enabling Pretty Permalinks in WordPress : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

 

[BetaLeaf]

Thanks. I will do my best. I will let you know how it turns out.

 

[Laxer]

Thanks. I will do my best. I will let you know how it turns out.

Good luck, also I removed you screenshot/link. I suggest you remove it from your site as well.

It contains a whole bunch of data about your install that can lead to vulnerabilities.

 

[BetaLeaf]

Ok I will. I have tried the rewrite rule, but when I add it to my web.config, it gives me error 500. My wordpress permalink settings is /%postname%/. I'm not sure what to do.

 

[Laxer]

I now understand the issue and can confirm it is completely related to url_rewriting.

Note this link works: http://betaleaf.net/index.php/category/dota-2/

However we want this link to also work: http://betaleaf.net/category/dota-2/

Please post the contents of your web.config file and I will make the changes to hopefully get this working.

 

[BetaLeaf]

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<httpErrors errorMode="DetailedLocalOnly" />
</system.webServer>
</configuration>

 

[BetaLeaf]

Also, when I visit http://betaleaf.net/index.php/category/dota-2/ it automatically redirects to http://betaleaf.net/category/dota-2/ and gives error 404.

 

[Laxer]

Try this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
  <system.webServer>
    <rewrite>
      <rules>
        <rule name="Wordpress Rewrite" stopProcessing="true">
          <match url=".*" />
            <conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
              <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
              <add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
            </conditions>
          <action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
        </rule>
      </rules>
    </rewrite>
  </system.webServer>	
</configuration>

 

[BetaLeaf]

It's working now. Tyvm. Btw I donated a couple of days ago. You all have always been very helpful. I also removed that phpinfo.png from my server. Thanks for the tip. /closethread.

 

[Laxer]

Glad I was able to help!

Thank you for the contribution and kind words.

If you have any more problems let me know :)

 

[BetaLeaf]

Actually, I am having trouble updating my plugins. I have already installed the ftp server but I have no idea how to configure it. I tried doing a google search but the results I found tell me to click on menus that don't exist on my version of iis.

 

[Laxer]

Can you expand on that a little bit?

What plug-ins? Any error message? link to tutorials you found?

Note: The last time I played with Wordpress was <5 years ago so again, no promises :)

 

[BetaLeaf]

Having trouble getting the login to work for FTP on IIS. I should mention I run 2 word press blogs, both on the same ip, but one pointed at test.truthtroubles.com and the other pointed at betaleaf.net. I got 2 ftp servers set up on 2 ports, 21 and 22, but the login won't work.

 

[BetaLeaf]

I checked the logs and its giving me 3 errors 530, 221, and 0, in order.

 

[Laxer]

I wouldn't use two different ports...

I would only use port 21 and set up different user roots to serve as two different ftp locations.

As for the errors, my guess is that you did not set up IIS manager accounts for them so they are not being authenticated correctly.

I believe you will have all the port forwarding correct and enabled if it was working with WAMP so we will ignore that.

These walkthrough is pretty comprehensive:
Configure FTP with IIS Manager Authentication in IIS 7 : The Official Microsoft IIS Site
Using FTP Virtual Host Names in IIS 7 : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

 

[BetaLeaf]

I wouldn't use two different ports...

I would only use port 21 and set up different user roots to serve as two different ftp locations.

As for the errors, my guess is that you did not set up IIS manager accounts for them so they are not being authenticated correctly.

I believe you will have all the port forwarding correct and enabled if it was working with WAMP so we will ignore that.

These walkthrough is pretty comprehensive:
Configure FTP with IIS Manager Authentication in IIS 7 : The Official Microsoft IIS Site
Using FTP Virtual Host Names in IIS 7 : The Official Microsoft IIS Site

The first link looks nothing like the version of IIS im using. The second link contains steps I have already completely. There was nothing more I can do. I am heading to bed for the night. I will see you all in the morning.

 

[Laxer]

Hopefully this will look more like your end: https://winscp.net/eng/docs/guide_windows_ftps_server

I don't have anything running newer than IIS 8 so I cannot confirm or take screenshots to help

Note: The above link will help you set up an SFTP site, if you want to continue using normal FTP you can ignore the part about the TLS/SSL Certificate

 

[BetaLeaf]

I tried the following, but I am still getting error 530 Valid hostname is expected.

Edit: Something triggered a memory that I read recently. I had to format my username like this <Domain>|<User>, or in my case, Betaleaf.net|TestUser. I am able to connect now. Thanks.

 

[Laxer]

Good work!

is it betaname|user or is it betaname\user? (my guess would be the second as the \ is used to differentiate between domain users)