PressDev http://pressdev.com When You Need More Than A Blog Fri, 24 Oct 2008 22:20:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 en Install WordPress On Windows Using Microsoft WAI http://pressdev.com/install-wordpress-on-windows-using-microsoft-wai/ http://pressdev.com/install-wordpress-on-windows-using-microsoft-wai/#comments Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:32:49 +0000 Thom Allen http://pressdev.com/?p=129 Yesterday Matt Mullenweg, founder and original developer of WordPress, posted a great link to a new installation program from Microsoft, called Web Application Installer, that will allow someone to install WordPress on a Windows machine using IIS. However, this isn’t a straight forward solution.

First, manual installation instructions for WordPress on IIS can be found here.

Second, if you don’t have the supporting applications required to run WordPress, namely PHP and MySQL, you will be asked to install them first. Installing these two applications isn’t necessarily hard, but I would have liked to see them included in the installer provided by Microsoft.

Once I had the supporting applications running, the install worked fairly well. I know Microsoft can’t look at this as becoming a major supporter of Open Source , because its a long way from that. But it is a good first step. I’ll try and get a full installtion review up later.

]]> http://pressdev.com/install-wordpress-on-windows-using-microsoft-wai/feed/ PressDev Logo http://pressdev.com/pressdev-logo/ http://pressdev.com/pressdev-logo/#comments Tue, 06 May 2008 17:12:08 +0000 Thom Allen http://pressdev.com/?p=7 Logo examplesEvery good company has a logo. Some logos are branded so well you can see it and instantly know what the company is. We are working on such a logo. We could really use some input. Like:

What colors make a great logo?
Should you include an image in your logo?
Should you include your company name AND slogan in your logo?

What do you think?

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