Wordpress permalinks and IIS v6

Suebee

Hi All,

Am installing a website for a collegue - they had sorted Web hosting, domain name etc before I started.
- 2003 Server, IIS v6, PHP v5, shared hosting. I have used Wordpress for most of the sites I have done in the past,
particularily those requiring CMS - and I had intended on using WP for this site.

I cannot seem to get the Permalink structure I want working
correctly, am stuck with the Wordpress default which is just plain ugly e.g. http://www.example.ie/?page_id=6
and does nothign for SEO I would imagine.

Has anyone figured out how to get 'pretty permalinks' working on IIS6..I cannot install any 3rd party s/w
on the shared server. I have googled this to death, many solutions involve the latter, or having to put
up with '/index.php' forming part of the URL. Which is not ideal.

Any tips appreciated.

Also..any insights into likely problems I am going to come across with Wordpress / II6?
I gather it's a match not quite made in heavan..should I advise them to switch to linux hosting - would require
changing hosting companies completely unfortunately. It will be a medium sized eCommerce site, so the last thing I want
is problems with it, particularily as the current hosting company have been pretty useless up to now.

Thanks for reading!
Sue

Hoku

As far as I know, you can't get the "really pretty" permalinks on IIS with Wordpress.
The best you could get is www.domain.com/index.php/pretty-permalink/
One of the websites I manage is running Wordpress on a Windows machine, and I had to settle for the index.php/whatever/ format. I think it's an issue with the mod_rewrite on Windows servers.

Suebee

Thanks, pretty much confirms what I had already suspected, the only option is to use the 'index.php' which for an ecommerce site isn't good enough, I mean - please click on www.example.com/index.php/contact for more info!!?

Am going to recommend they switch to another hosting company.
Which won't be a bad thing at all.

Hoku

It doesn't have to be with a different company - the key thing is to be on a Linux server. Rewrites work as intended on Linux.

Suebee

Sadly the company in question dont offer a linux option - windows only..

Hoku

Get in touch with your host and ask them whether it would be possible to install this filter or somethis similar:

http://www.7three.com/blog/computers/tips-tricks/pretty-wordpress-permalinks-iis-without-404-22/

Suebee

no go, they won't install any other '3rd party software on the shared server'. They have even gone as far to say that they are a hosting company.. not a design company. And all is working OK. Have had enough of them to be honest..