Ok, here we go...

I have a Windows XP Pro SP3 (IIS 5.1) that has been my home Web server for quite some time now. I would like to have a go at using SilverStripe to revamp this presently rudimentary site. I was hoping that the Microsoft Web Platform Installer would take care of everything, but it didn’t seem to work. I then decided to install PHP, MySQL and unpack the SS (Option 1 package) in the wwwroot folder, but I am stuck here. I would now like to configure SS but when I try to load the index.php page in a browser, I get a 500 error which is probably too generic to troubleshoot:

IE error message (HTTP 500):
- The website is under maintenance.
- The website has a programming error.   

There are probably quite a few things that would need to be configured right, but I really have no clue where to start. I have searched extensively for some simple step by step debugging, but I don’t seem to get anywhere and I would like to avoid making things worse by applying the wrong solutions.

Looking for any help on this one.

Thanks!

Hi Sean, thanks for the suggestion. Worked great so far.

I did a system restore to remove all PHP and MySQL that I had previously installed and downloaded and installed WampServer. Well, I would say it was a little easier, indeed! I think I have a well configure AMP right now and I would just need to install SilverStripe. Would you say that it is necessary to secure WampServer beforehand, as it is suggested here:

http://securitymecca.com/article/install-and-secure-a-wamp-webserver/

Or, is this overkill?

Also, do I need to perform Step 6, here, before installing SilverStripe?

http://doc.silverstripe.org/framework/en/installation/windows-wamp

I didn’t even know that a full package including Apache could be installed on Windows... It would be nice if I actually had a clue what I am getting into just to revamp my Website...

Thanks again.

Thanks Sean! Works great!

I just have a problem with Themes, but will create another thread for this.