[wp-testers] WordPress cache, and IIS

[Doug Stewart]

On 11/30/05, John E. Iverson <john at jei.afraid.org> wrote:
> I happen to be one of the very few idiots who hasn't installed Apache
> web server on my Windows 2003 server, I am still trying to make
> WordPress work underneath IIS webserver. Although your work has been
> INCREDABLY great at trying to make WordPress work with IIS, I have had
> to do some "stuff" with rewrite rules, especially, in order to get it to
> play nice with IIS.
>
> I'm NOT a programmer, but more of an administrator. As such, I am more
> interested in setting the "new" user levels, and getting the package to
> perform. Making the backups, restores, and such.
>
> I have been around a few years, and know that it's not a really great
> idea to try to chmod 755 when you're working with a Microsoft or Apple
> operating system..... They JUST don't conform to the usual UNIX Style of
> thinking?
>
> If you want to edict that "You have to run an Apache server", I
> understand, but I don't think that Microsoft or Apple would agree.
>
> I've been working with WordPress since version 1.1 and getting around
> the .httpd issues by using a third party rewriter. 1.5 made things
> better, but I think I'm starting to see more issues with plugins using
> .httpd and the core of WordPress itself relying more on UNIX specific
> file oriented commands... I know that chmod doesn't work very well for
> MSDOS. I'm not sure if fwrite does?
>
> The new cache system seems to work fine in IIS, as long as you don't
> want to make changes... ie enable a plugin. With the cache enabled, I
> can't change the state of a plugin.... Is this an issue related to
> trying to modify files in a UNIX way of thinking?
>
> The bottom line is.... I could install Apache on my tiny little server,
> and I could modify .httpd, but if I work for FORD, GMC, Or the US
> government, and I have to run IIS.... what can U do to help me out?
>
>

A small note: Apple ships Apache as their default webserver on all OS
X Server products.  1.3 for production, 2.x for farting around with.

FYI.