From 42140d3a3d0d2374cb3d14cd0dcc1384bd42d69d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Harvey Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 14:59:34 +1200 Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Tweaking IIS and SQL Server requirements documentation --- docs/en/installation/server-requirements.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/installation/server-requirements.md b/docs/en/installation/server-requirements.md index 9ae4ce83f..0b2f7995c 100644 --- a/docs/en/installation/server-requirements.md +++ b/docs/en/installation/server-requirements.md @@ -22,12 +22,12 @@ Our web-based [PHP installer](/installation) can check if you meet the requireme * One of the following databases: * MySQL 5.0+ * PostgreSQL 8.3+ (requires ["postgresql" module](http://silverstripe.org/postgresql-module)) - * SQL Server 2008. (requires ["mssql" module](http://silverstripe.org/microsoft-sql-server-database/)) + * SQL Server 2008+ (requires ["mssql" module](http://silverstripe.org/microsoft-sql-server-database/)) * Support for [Oracle](http://www.silverstripe.org/oracle-database-module/) and [SQLite](http://silverstripe.org/sqlite-database/) is not commercially supported, but is under development by our open source community. * One of the following web server products: * Apache 1.3+ with mod_rewrite and "AllowOverride All" set - * IIS 5.x+ (Version 7.5+ and URL Rewrite Module recommended) - * Support for Lighttpd and other webservers may work if you are familiar with configuring those products. + * IIS 7+ + * Support for Lighttpd, IIS 6, and other web servers may work if you are familiar with configuring those products. * We recommend enabling content compression (for example with mod_deflate) to speed up the delivery of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. * One of the following operating systems: * Linux/Unix/BSD From b48a27b47d0789d2b8808b0dae05fd845939ecec Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sean Harvey Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2012 15:03:36 +1200 Subject: [PATCH 2/2] Tweak IIS and SQL Server requirements in system requirements docs In addition to supporting IIS 7+ with a note that IIS 6 *may* work, mark the IIS 6.x install docs with a cautionary note that those instructions are no longer maintained and may not work. --- docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis-6.md | 4 ++++ docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis.md | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis-6.md b/docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis-6.md index cb94b5382..36cdf9705 100644 --- a/docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis-6.md +++ b/docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis-6.md @@ -1,5 +1,9 @@ # Install SilverStripe manually on Windows using IIS 6 +
+ Note: These instructions may not work, as they're no longer maintained. +
+ How to prepare Windows Server 2003 for SilverStripe using IIS 6 and FastCGI. This guide will work for the following operating systems: diff --git a/docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis.md b/docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis.md index 3d2127b19..4f076dd45 100644 --- a/docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis.md +++ b/docs/en/installation/windows-manual-iis.md @@ -11,13 +11,15 @@ This applies to Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista, and ## [Install using IIS 6.x](windows-manual-iis-6) -*Note: It's recommended you upgrade to Windows Server 2008 R2 which uses IIS 7.5*. - This applies to Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2003 R2. +
+ Note: These instructions may not work, as they're no longer maintained. Please use a version of Windows that supports IIS 7.x +
+ ## Additional notes -Microsoft has no URL rewriting module for anything less than IIS 7.x. This will mean your URLs are like yoursite.com/index.php/about-us rather than yoursite.com/about-us. +Microsoft has no URL rewriting module for any version below IIS 7.x. This will mean your URLs are like yoursite.com/index.php/about-us rather than yoursite.com/about-us. However, if you do want friendly URLs you must you must buy or use other URL rewriting software: * [IIRF](http://iirf.codeplex.com/) (should work for most cases - see [IIS 6 guide](windows-manual-iis-6) for rewrite rules)