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1. saintphilip
   Member
   Posted 2 years ago #

   Hello,

   Site - http://www.mapleroadinc.com
   Server - IIS 7.0 with MySQL and PHP 5
   Wordpress Version - 2.9.2-IIS

   My situation -

   My webserver was formerly serving static html webpages. Recentely, I decided to switch to a proper CMS and picked WordPress. I only have FTP access to the area where my former static html pages were located. Before I switched, I had the server's admin create a database for me to use called "56723_xxxxxxxxx" with the user "56723_xxxxxxxx" and a password. However, at this moment, I'm not sure what permissions this user has been given. Additionally, I edited my "wp-config.php" file to reflect my database name, user, password. The "DB_HOST" parameter is set to 'localhost'.

   After the database was created, I FTP'd the contents of a fresh 2.9.2-IIS "wordpress" folder to folder I have access to on my server.

   I then tried to run the wp-install.php script.

   No luck.

   The problem is when I go to my site and try to run the install script, I get the 500 error code.

   What am I missing? I've never had to install WordPress manually/outside of a SimpleScript or cPanel. Forgive me for being clueless.

   Thanks in advance,

   saintphilip

2. James
   Happiness Engineer
   Posted 2 years ago #

   An error 500 is an internal server error. You'll have to check the server error log for a full description of the error. Try generating the error again, note the date and time, and immediately check your server error log for anything relevant.

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