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IIS server – members directory missing “HTTP Error 404”


  • thafley
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    @thafley

    6 years ago

    “HTTP Error 404.0 – Not Found”

    Basically, wordpress\members directory and sub-directories seem to be missing from my IIS WordPress install. I am using the “Alliance” theme from Themeforest.net for a company intranet I was tasked with creating, however, it relies on buddypress which I cannot seem to get working for the past month..
    I have tried everything I can think of including pretty permalinks, web.config file, a fresh Windows Server 2016 load, fresh PHP 7.2, fresh MySQL 5.5, and fresh PhpMyAdmin.
    The Alliance theme comes with one click demo data import which should show a few users with messages in their inbox, etc. Everytime I try to visit one, it gives 404 error. I follow the Physical Path in error output to discover the wordpress\members\….etc doesn’t exist.

    Help! lol

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  • thafley
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    @thafley

    6 years ago

    Correction: MySQL 8.0.13.0 is installed


    shanebp
    Moderator

    @shanebp

    6 years ago

    For help re IIS setups, you’re better off asking elsewhere.

    Re WP / BP: Have you done some basic debugging ? To narrow things down ?

    Try this: wipe the WP and BP installs.
    Start over.
    Do not use the Alliance theme initially.
    Instead use a WP theme like 2016.
    Don’t install or activate any other plugins.
    Create a few users manually.
    You may have to create the BP pages manually. And then manually assign them to BP via .../wp-admin/admin.php?page=bp-page-settings.


    thafley
    Participant

    @thafley

    6 years ago

    Yeah, Apache seems to be the way to go with WordPress? My boss just likes IIS… I have researched and debugged various things and done fresh installs a few times but I have not tried using buddypress with a different theme and manual user creation. I will try that and report back. Thank you for the tip!


    thafley
    Participant

    @thafley

    6 years ago

    @shanebp

    RESOLVED!

    I completely wiped away everything and started ground up with Server 2016 and IIS. I installed PHP 7.2, MySQL 5.6, PHPMyAdmin 4.8.3, and WordPress 4.9.8.

    I did all the manual configuration required for each. Installed the theme/plugins again. This time buddy press installed correctly with all the directories needed to access messages, etc.

    The only thing I did differently was change from MySQL 8.0 to MySQL 5.6 and enable some extensions. I followed this article to the T:

    A Complete Guide to Installing MySQL and PHP with IIS

    Thanks for the support @shanebp !


    shanebp
    Moderator

    @shanebp

    6 years ago

    Congrats and thanks for sharing the steps you took.

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