[Typo3-windows] Newbie Windows NT installation questions...

[Erik Svendsen]

Hello Alisa,

Welcome to the community. About installation of TYPO3 on windows, som hints 
are found here, http://wiki.typo3.org/index.php/Windows.

The main concern about installation on IIS is to give the user IUSR_machinename 
correct permissions to the TYPO3 catalogs, and some other programs. There 
are quite a number of post on this list about it. But as I have given the 
solution some times, i copy it here.

The following catalogs need write, read and execute (maybe also change) permissions 

for the user IUSR_<machinename>. 
- fileadmin
- fileadmin/_temp/
- typo3temp
- typo3conf
- typo3conf/ext/
- typo3/ext/
- uploads/pics/
- uploads/media/
- uploads/tf/

When it comes to ImageMagick it should be installed by someone with administrator 
right. Maybe I remember wrong, but I think I had to give the IUSR at least 
read permission to the catalog. Maybe also execute. You can also use GraphicsMagic 
(I think it's better).

The IUSR also also has to have execute permisson to the file cmd.exe who 
resides somewhere in the winnt/windows catalog. To have better security, 
copy it to the catalog where php resides, and give this file the correct 
permission. ImageMagick uses the cmd.exe. There are some posts on this issue 
to.

Else it's more or less the same steps as an apache installation. The neccessary 
changes to the php.ini has to be made.

And TYPO3 can make fully tableless design. If you check www.linnearad.no 
(Norwegian), you will see. It's only one place tables are used and I don't 
want them, around images. It can be avoided with a new extension who I haven't 
installed yet.

>From your post it looks like you don't have used TYPO3 before (maybe I'm 
wrong). If I'm correct I will advise you to look at the Futuristic Template 
Building manual. Really helpful. You should also be aware of the possibility 
to make the whole new site on your own desktop (either it's Linux, Windows, 
Apache or IIS), and export it to the production server. 

Hope it gives you the neccessary help. 

WBR,
Erik Svendsen
www.linnearad.no

> I am a PHP programmer by trade, but do a lot of volunteer work on the
> side. I generally work on the standard *nix, Apache, mySQL, PHP, Perl
> systems, but when I volunteer, I rarely have control over the servers.
> I am generally doing a redesign so everything is already in place.
> Unless they are just way over paying, I don't usually recommend that
> they move the site.
> 
> I have been searching high and low for a CMS that would satisfy my
> "pickiness" for code structure while being easy for my non-paying
> clients to maintain their sites once I design them. I much prefer the
> XHTML/CSS structure of the no tables and so far had not found the
> ability to acomplish that with a CMS. If I'm reading things correctly,
> I think that Typo3 will allow for this.
> 
> I have just started a project for a redesign of a site for an
> orphanage.
> 
> I created a script with only phpinfo();, uploaded it and viewed it.
> According to that, the server has the following configuration:
> 
> PHP Version 4.3.11
> mySQL Client API version 3.23.49
> System - Windows NT WEBA19 5.2 build 3790
> Server_Software - Microsoft-IIS/6.0
> DOM/XML - enabled
> GD Support - enabled
> Zend Loade - enabled
> ZLib Support - enabled
> Session Support - enabled
> XML Support - active
> As far as I can tell, ImageMagick is not installed. I am not familar
> with this product. Is this something that I can load onto the server
> myself or would I need to get the sysadmin to do it?
> 
> What issues will I have with Typo3 since it is running Windows NT
> instead of Apache?
>