I think I need to install IIS7 to change permissions on a file (please correct me if I am wrong). I am doing this to install phpBB. I try to install iis7 (x86) from this link: https://support.Winhost.com/KB/a628/using-the-microsoft-iis-70-manager.aspx It complains I have to turn something on. I do this, turning just the manager on (just the one tick). Then I can install. But what then? I cannot see any installed program. Do I need to tick other things? If so what things? Totally confused.
What error are you getting on the phpbb install? Windows and *nix permissions are not compatible, so installation instruction that tell you to set 755 or 666 are only for use on *nix file systems. Those installation files should have adequate permission by default on a Windows server...
Here is what I am being told to do for the phpBB install: 1. Decompress the phpBB3 archive to a local directory on your system. 2. Upload all the files contained in this archive (retaining the directory structure) to a web accessible directory on your server or hosting account. 3. Change the permissions on config.php to be writable by all (666 or -rw-rw-rw- within your FTP Client) 4. Change the permissions on the following directories to be writable by all (777 or -rwxrwxrwx within your FTP Client): store/, cache/, files/ and images/avatars/upload/. 5. Using your web browser visit the location you placed phpBB3 with the addition of install/index.php or pointing directly to install/, e.g. http://www.mydomain.com/phpBB3/install/, http://www.mydomain.com/forum/install/ etc. 6. Click the INSTALL tab, follow the steps and fill out all the requested information. 7. Change the permissions on config.php to be writable only by yourself (644 or -rw-r--r-- within your FTP Client) 8. phpBB3 should now be available, please MAKE SURE you read at least Section 6 below for important, security related post-installation instructions. --- I have done 1 and 2. You are possibly suggesting I do not need to do 3 and 4 on a windows system. However when I do 5 with: http://www.chartmy****.com/forum/install/index.php (the **** put in for safety - I do not want anyone else setting up my forum) I get the following http 500 Internal Server Error: 'This error (HTTP 500 Internal Server Error) means that the website you are visiting had a server problem which prevented the webpage from displaying. For more information about HTTP errors, see Help.'
This is the error I am getting.. Failed opening required './../includes/startup.php' ...when I pulled up your installation file. This means that the installation file may not have the correct path. Go to that file and you will need to modify the path ''./../includes/startup.php' '. I'm not sure where the includes folder is, you will need to check that yourself. The path maybe 'includes/startup.php'.
