Pligg IIS install (fixing Pligg for IIS)

[ButtNutt]

Ok, so we have set up Pligg, but are not able to pull up
http://localhost/pligg/admin_index.php

0. Fix the php.ini to include mysql support
You need to find the
c:\windows\php.ini line 600 (I think) and turn
;extension=php_msql.dll
into
extension=php_msql.dll

I also copied the php_mysql.dll from the c:\php\ext folder to the c:\php
*thx to drk for this

1. Fix Login files
It was explained to me by AshDigg that this is because the login.php files (one in the root dir and one in the libs dir) are redirecting before they set the cookie and this is bad.

Here are the new login files.
rootlogin.php

libslogin.php

you will need to put the rootlogin in the pligg root folder and rename it to login.php
get the libslogin and rename it login.php and put it in the libs folder.

You should now be able to log in as U:god P:12345 and get to the admin console

2. You will need to fix html1.php and smartyvariables.php
There are lines in there that read
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']
change them to
$_SERVER['SCRIPT_NAME']
That fixes the errors on the page. There are 3 changes in html1.php and one on line 6 in smartyvariables.php

3. Create the missing links table
Links doesnt get created because of a bug. Enclosed is the sql script file you will need to run with the mySql Query Browser against your pligg database
createlinkstable.sql
It should create your missing "links" table

4. Current errors not working
You cant attach a new story and get an "incorrect key" issue

You cant add a new user as the captcha isint working. In your c:\windows\php.ini, there is a place to tell it where to find extensions. It needs to use gd2.dll I think to draw the jpg. Not sure how to get this working yet.

None of the redirects work correctly. For example you cannot go to http://localhost/pligg/admin and expect it to work. You have to explicitly state the location of the file you need
http://localhost/pligg/login.php for it to work correctly

The templates do not work correctly

These fixes should at least get you running around in the pligg files for IIS as opposed to stopping you cold.

Much thanks to AshDigg for the help. That dude rocks.

[drk]

Good work - I got as far as finding out that I couldn't get admin_index.php to run and decided that 5am was not the best time to try and fix it.

Woke up this morning and Lo! More information

I'm off to implements this see what happens

[drk]

I did all this and I still get a 404 when trying to access the admin_index.php

One thing - are we using php_msql.dll or php_mysql.dll? (you mention both) - I changed extension=php_mysql and copied php_mysql.dll to the c:\php folder to get this far.

Weirdly when I added php_msql.dll as well it kept warning me that it couldn't find the .dll - even though it was in c:\php ..

[ButtNutt]

It was explained to me that admin_index.php wont work because of the login issue. If you "login" using the new files then it should work, but you will need to go directly to it i.e.
http://localhost/pligg/admin_index.php

Hope this helps

[drk]

I tried using the login.php directly and got this:

Warning: Smarty::include(templates_c\%%F8^F84^F843866E%%gen eric_main.tpl.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\pligg\Smarty.class.php on line 1258

Warning: Smarty::include() [function.include]: Failed opening 'templates_c\%%F8^F84^F843866E%%generic_main.tpl.p hp' for inclusion (include_path='.;C:\php5\pear') in c:\Inetpub\wwwroot\pligg\Smarty.class.php on line 1258

Examination of my templates_c directory shows there is no file of this name

Could somebody please list what files are supposed to be in the templates_c directory and post a sample generic_main.tpl.php

thanks in advance