Using WordPress Permalinks with Windows IIS

General Web Coding Microsoft Development
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Seems like we can’t do the Wordpress Permalinks on the windows IIS boxes. Wordpress says we need apache’s mod_rewrite, so that won’t work. and I’ve seen details about MSFT’s url-rewrite (here http://learn.iis.net/page.aspx/460/using-url-rewrite-module/ ), which is free. Then there’s http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/isapi/3/ , which costs $99 per server and unlimited domains.

Looks like Jodohost doesn’t want to install this, which really puts a damper on SEO friendly urls for the Wordpress blog. Does anyone know of a work around? Or are other people interested in this (these plugins have a lot of other benefits with other scripts too) - if so, then perhaps if enough voices speak up, then jodohost can install it.

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It isn’t something we can install if all voices stand up, it isn’t compatible when hsphere is running. Logs will die.

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OK. Thanks Stephen. Sounds like having it installed isn’t an option. So does anywone know of any other tricks or workarounds that might make this work?

thanks!

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There’s a workaround. Not perfect, but it works.

Get this plugin.
http://www.nathanm.com/wordpress-permalinks-removing-index-php-in-iis/

Then “redirect your custom 404 error page to / or to the root relative path of your blog.”

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thanks liming! I’ll take a look.