ModX On port Other than 80

Hi Peeps,

Just a quick one (i hope). I am running a development IIS Server and am trying to implement MODX On it. Other than the hassle of getting PHP and MySQL installed and running properly i now have a problem in that when trying to install modx it either goes into a horrible loop or redirects me to a url other than where the install is located.

I am trying to access modx on http://servername:8801/cms-test/
Install folder obviously being one beneath that.

Is there anything that i am missing or should i be looking somewhere specific.

I did try removing the redirect code but that made it worse.



I suppose i should know whether i should bother or just create a host header entry and get some DNS going.



Cheers

Al

Hi Alan,

What error message do you get?

Also what IIS version are you using?

I would recommened instead of using a port number for the site that you create a virtual folder site in IIS i.e yourservername/virtualfoldername or even a sub folder site which might be even easier.

lets say your server / computer name is called "SERVER1" and in your browser you can visit http://SERVER1 and it loads the default site.

Now in IIS create a new site but call this modxtest.server1

Now edit your hosts file on your PC located in %systemroot%\system32\drivers\etc\hosts

add at the bottom of this file

127.0.0.1 modxtest.server1

Now in your browser you should be able to navigate to http://modxtest.server1

Aaron,

I am using IIS 6, on Server 2003 which has been updated to the full extent of MS Patches.

I have considered this route, but on the network where i am this becomes a bit complicated as many people will be developing from the site at one time, and i have not been given the approval for a internal DNS Entry to be made (when i do however all will be good).

currently there is a site running on port 80 and i cannot develop along side that. The server is shared by 4 teams so alot gets done.

I dont get an error, just the modx installer redirects me from: http://myserver:8801/cms-test/install/ to: http://myserver/cms-test/install/

And if i change the default mention of Port 80 in the installer to 8801 it then goes into a constant loop.


Any Ideas?




Cheers

Alan

UPDATE:

I seemed to have solved it!!

After checking my PHP.Ini file and re-vamping my settings i no longer got into the silly loop. That said it did try to redirect me still to port 80. To rectify this there are a couple of mentions with redirects involved in the Install.php file in the Install DIR Just modify these to support the port number that you are using.



Cheers

Alan

Thats great news another MODx install on IIS.

Aaron