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mandah0520

Hey guys,

I'm trying to set up a web server using windows server 2008 but no success so far. Anyone with this kind of experience, please help!

TheContempt
Geek by birth, Microsoftie by choice!

Hi mandah0520,

Spinning up a web server on top of Windows Server 2008 is really quite simple. However, the sheer number of web technologies (HTML, PHP, ASP, etc) available today complicates this issue somewhat. Can you provide a bit more information? For instance, what type of content do you want to serve to your site visitors? Thanks!

//Josh Bolling

mandah0520

In reply to TheContempt

#Nov 27th, 2008 @ 5:16 PM

It would be mostly videos. I'm going to use Joomla. But I'm not sure that what to do. Windows server is completely new to me.

TheContempt
Geek by birth, Microsoftie by choice!

In reply to mandah0520

#Nov 27th, 2008 @ 9:11 PM

Running Joomla on IIS7 requires PHP and therefore requires quite a bit of high level knowledge (I've deployed Wordpress on IIS7 in the past). I could explain it, but this series of Screencasts seems to do a decent job. Best of luck!

//Josh Bolling

mandah0520

In reply to TheContempt

#Nov 27th, 2008 @ 9:35 PM

Thanks a lot buddy

mandah0520

In reply to TheContempt

#Nov 27th, 2008 @ 9:35 PM

Hi,

I looked up the link and when I got there the site was asking me to login. When i tried to signup I had to pay to signup. Do you have anything that's free?

TheContempt
Geek by birth, Microsoftie by choice!

In reply to mandah0520

#Nov 30th, 2008 @ 6:41 PM

I apologize. When I linked to the Screencasts on installing Joomla under Windows Server 2008 I wasn't prompted for any sort of login and, therefore, assumed it was free of chage. You may consider having a look at this series by Keith Combs. It illustrates how to install Wordpress under Server Core, but the underlying principles are identical. Thanks!

//Josh Bolling