I am trying to run a small forum from home for my high school class reunion. I have a killer dual 2.8 MHz processor system with tomes of storage space and running XP professional. Networking and software is not my game though.
There is a file in there called readme.htm It contains instructions for the setup of the forum. If you have questions about it, feel free to ask them here.
Windows XP Pro will run Snitz just fine. Check and/or install IIS from Control Panel - Add Remove Programs - Add Remove Windows Components (IIS is not installed in a default XP Pro installation). Make sure you are logged on as Administrator when you install IIS.
I recommend using the NTFS filesystem.
Manage IIS from Control Panel - Administrative Tools - IIS Service Manager. You can create a new virtual directory / web application using the IIS MMC Snap-in, or you can use a tool like Frontpage or InterDev to create a web app.
IIS is a "service". To see if it's running, open the Services applet from Administrative tools and see if the WWW service is running.
quote:Manage IIS from Control Panel - Administrative Tools - IIS Service Manager. You can create a new virtual directory / web application using the IIS MMC Snap-in, or you can use a tool like Frontpage or InterDev to create a web app.
IIS is a "service". To see if it's running, open the Services applet from Administrative tools and see if the WWW service is running.
I have verified that it is running. I have only created basic web pages and used ftp to get them to a server. This is very new as I said for me.
Thanks again to all for the help!!!!!!!!!
I have created a directory where I installed the Snitz software. is this the virtual directory you are refering to? Do I need to create a web page then link the forum into it?
Edited by - smithran on 24 September 2002 17:23:14
quote:Originally posted by smithran [br I have created a directory where I installed the Snitz software. is this the virtual directory you are refering to? Do I need to create a web page then link the forum into it?
Where did you install it (which directory)?
You do not need to create a page to link to the forum. The forum can very well be a home page.
To have the Snitz stuff there you'd need to create a virtual directory with the IIS mmc, as Doug told ya. Otherwise you can just put your stuff under a new folder inside the c:\inetpub\wwwroot folder. This is the IIS default base folder, so anything under that will show if you type the URL as:
I don't want this in on the main drive so I have to figure out how to invoke the IIS MMC. I have frontpage on my system but never used it. I have just used word to create a basic html page.
Under the services tab, it states the the WWW publishing is "started"