Hi Guys,

 

Trying to install Wordpress for a client, and when I try to run the install I get this message:

 

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The page cannot be displayed

You have attempted to execute a CGI, ISAPI, or other executable program from a directory that does not allow programs to be executed.

 

Please try the following:

 

* Contact the Web site administrator if you believe this directory should allow execute access.

 

HTTP Error 403.1 - Forbidden: Execute access is denied.

Internet Information Services (IIS)

 

Technical Information (for support personnel)

 

* Go to Microsoft Product Support Services and perform a title search for the words HTTP and 403.

* Open IIS Help, which is accessible in IIS Manager (inetmgr), and search for topics titled Configuring ISAPI Extensions, Configuring CGI Applications, Securing Your Site with Web Site Permissions, and About Custom Error Messages.

* In the IIS Software Development Kit (SDK) or at the MSDN Online Library, search for topics titled Developing ISAPI Extensions, ISAPI and CGI, and Debugging ISAPI Extensions and Filters.

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Is there anything I can do to get around this? Help me!!

Also doing it for any PHP page - not just wordpress. So I assume that I have no PHP on the server...?

 

Help please techies... asap

Also doing it for any PHP page - not just wordpress. So I assume that I have no PHP on the server...?

 

Help please techies... asap

 

might be worth a shot

 

http://www.microsoft.com/web/wordpress/

Hmmm thanks for the advice Pat, but I don't actually 'get' it - it is still a php file, which is the main problem with the site. The hosting isn't serving any php files...

 

 

weird... any aspx alternatives to WP that are easy to install?

Create a php file with the following

<?
phpinfo();
?>

 

Upload and run the file - if php is installed, you'll get all the php info

dont suppose you could ask your client to switch to a linux server, if he has a descent host it can take minutes

Create a php file with the following

<?
phpinfo();
?>

 

Upload and run the file - if php is installed, you'll get all the php info

 

Done that mate, and PHP isn't installed, that was my presumption. So I need to ask the client to get his host to change him to a linux server, with PHP installed right?

 

Any simple ASP alternatives to WP that are easy to install? It is basically for a latest news section...

I would say linux is best.

I once tried setting up a phpbb forum on an IIS server with php - it did upload and work but when we tried to add patches it didn't work. In the end we changed to a Linix server

 

So if it is a new set-up, it may be easier to change server type

 

[changing permissions, which you need to do, is easier on a linux server]

i take it your running a windows server, you will need apache and php for this, its all free and i think its easy to install as they come with instructions how to install it.