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FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – RC

Today IIS team has released the FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 – Release Candidate. This version is based on FastCGI Extension 1.0 and it adds several important improvements and features. The release is believed to have a quality...

Upgrade to WordPress 2.8 and PHP 5.3 on IIS 7

Today I have upgraded my blog to the recently released WordPress 2.8 and to PHP 5.3 RC3 (VC9 Non Thread Safe build). If you are running WordPress (or any other PHP application) on IIS 7, then there are several reasons why it may be beneficial for you...

IIS 7 URL Rewrite Module support in WordPress 2.8

I am pleased to let everyone know that WordPress development community has added a built-in support for IIS 7 URL Rewrite Module in the upcoming WordPress 2.8 release. Starting with version 2.8 the Permalink Settings page will allow you to easily configure...

Silverlight Media Player for WordPress – Update

Since the Silverlight Media Player plugin for WordPress was published in January 2009, it has been downloaded more than 900 times . It is being used in many web sites all over the world – here are just a couple of examples: Tribord Amure par Matthieu...

FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 - Beta

Today IIS team has released the FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS 5.1 - Beta. This version is based on FastCGI Extension 1.0 and it adds several important improvements and features. Install the Beta of FastCGI Extension 1.5 for IIS 6.0 and IIS...

URL Rewrite Module 1.1 for IIS 7

Today IIS team has released the URL Rewrite Module 1.1 for IIS 7. This is an incremental update that contains fixes to the bugs found since the URL Rewrite Module v1.0 has been released in November 2008. If you have version 1.0 installed (file version...

10 URL Rewriting Tips and Tricks

This post describes some of the tips and tricks that one may find useful when solving URL-based problems for their web server or web site. Each tip/trick has a description of a problem and then an example of how it can be solved with IIS 7 URL Rewrite...

Install PHP with Microsoft Web Platform Installer 2.0

While the task of setting up PHP on IIS was not a difficult one, it anyway required a lot of manual installation and configuration steps . With the PHP 5.2.9-1 release the PHP development community has put a lot of improvements to the PHP installer to...

Setup IIS on Server Core – Windows Server 2008 R2

With the addition of .NET Framework to Server Core in Windows Server 2008 R2 the Server Core installation option became even more appealing for those who want to use a very low footprint server for hosting their applications. Availability of .NET framework...

Dynamic IP Restrictions for IIS 7.0 - Beta

Today IIS team has released the Dynamic IP Restrictions Extension for IIS 7.0 - Beta. The Dynamic IP Restrictions Extension provides IT Professionals and Hosters a configurable module that helps mitigate or block Denial of Service Attacks or cracking...

Windows Installer for PHP 5.2.9 RC and PHP 5.3 Beta

I am pleased to let everyone know that PHP development community has made significant improvements to the installer in upcoming PHP releases. In particular a number of bugs have been fixed to make the installer work well with FastCGI extension in IIS...

How to secure WordPress admin directory on IIS 7.0

Recently I was told about Smashing Magazine , which turned out to be a pretty useful site. It is targeted for web developers and web designers and it contains tons of information, tools and freebies for web developers. One of the article on that site...

Silverlight Media Player plugin for WordPress

At some point I wanted to integrate a Silverlight based player into my blog, so I was looking for a WordPress plugin that would do that. However, I could not find any that was easy enough to use. So I decided to write one myself for self-educational purposes...

Speed up WordPress on IIS 7.0

The performance of WordPress may be sufficient for an average blog that gets a few page hits per minute. However, if your blog post suddenly shows up on digg.com or any other social networking site, it may become challenging for server to handle such...

Enable custom errors in WordPress on IIS 7.0

Recently, I found out that my WordPress powered blog did not correctly handle 404 - File Not Found errors. When a request was made to a non-existent page, then instead of getting nice WordPress based error page, visitors used to get a generic IIS 7.0...

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