Joomlaen Win 2003 I Iis 6

Install Joomla on Windows 2003 and IIS 6
My Configuration
Windows 2003 standard SP1 Joomla 1.0.7 http://www.joomla.org (Full package) PHP 5.1.2 http://www.php.net/get/php-5.1.2-Win32.zip/from/a/mirror MySQL 4.1.16 http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQL-4.1/mysql-4.1.16-win32.zip/from/pick MySQL Administrator 1.1http://dev.mysql.com/get/Downloads/MySQLAdministrationSuite/mysql-administrator-1.1.7win.msi/from/pick

Install IIS
Controll Panel =>Add or Remove Programs =>Add/Remove Windows Components

Click on Application Server then Details

Select Internet Information Services (IIS) then click on Details

Check World Wide Web Service Click Ok Click Ok Click Next IIS is now being installed and you may need your Windows 2003 installation CD

Install and configure PHP
Createthe folder C:\php Unzip the contents of php-5.1.2-Win32.zip to c:\php Copy c:\php\php.ini-recommended to c:\php\php.ini Open de file c:\php\php.ini with notepad Make the following changes in php.ini magic_quotes_gpc = On extension_dir = "C:\php\ext" Uncomment extension=php_mysql.dll Or add it if it’s not there Add => extension=php_mysqli.dll cgi.force_redirect = 0 doc_root = "c:\inetpub\joomla" (oryour document root) display_errors = On session.save_path = "c:\php\tmp" upload_tmp_dir = "c:\php\uploaddir" Create the folders c:\php\tmp and c:\php\uploaddir

Add the PHP folder to your PATH variable. Right click My Computer => Properties =>Advanced

Click on Envorinment Variables

In the System variables window scroll down and select Path. Double click Path or click Edit Add a newSystem variable by clicking on New.

Add the following to the end of this line ;c:\php (semicolon then type c:\php) Click Ok

Name the variable: PHPRC give the value: c:\php This will help PHP find your php.ini

Configure IIS for PHP
Open Internet Information Services Manager from Start => Programs => Administrative Tools or Start => Run: %SystemRoot%\system32\inetsrv\iis.msc

Click on Add anew Web service extension. Give this extension a name for example “PHP”. Click Add, browse to c:\php and select php5isapi.dll. Check Set extension status to Allowed

Create a new website
You could use the Default Web Site but in this case we will create a new website. Create the folder c:\inetpub\joomla and extract the contents of Joomla to this folder (c:\inetpub\joomla). We will take care ofthe permissions later. Important: Rename c:\inetpub\joomla\includes\database.php => c:\inetpub\joomla\includes\database.mysql.php Rename c:\inetpub\joomla\includes\database.mysqli.php => c:\inetpub\joomla\includes\database.php In IIS Manager right click on Web Sites => New => Web Site

The Web Site creation Wizard comes up. Click Next

Name the new website Joomla and click Next

Give thiswebsite a host header. In my case joomla.domain.com (fake of course). If you have your own FQDN for your Joomla website you could use that. Click Next

Browse to or enter the path to your Joomla folder. Check Allow anonymous access to this Web site if it’s not already checked

Click Next Make sure Read and Run scripts are the only permissions checked

Next, Finish

Richt click on your newwebsite and click Properties. Click on the Home Directory tab and click on Configuration

Click on Add

Browse to c:\php and select php5isapi.dll Select Limit to and enter the following: GET,POST,HEAD Uncheck Verify that file exists

Click Ok Click Ok Go to the Documents tab

Click Add and type index.php

Click Ok

Select index.php and click a few times on Move Up until index.php isat the top Click Ok and exit IIS Manager. If you used a fake domain name as the host header you’ll have to edit your hosts file. Do this on the computer you will be using to setup Joomla trough the webinstall. Open Command prompt Type: cd %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc Type: notepad hosts Insert a new line with your fake domain in the format: For example: 192.168.1.19 joomla.domain.com...