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If you are going to setup wordpress blog in windows IIS environment server supporting php, this will be the crucial article for you to read. First of all, you can setup php wordpress blog in windows hosting that also supporting php 4 or php 5 with mysql database. The problem that you will face is that the permalink and url redirection/redirect will not work. And windows php will not support .htaccess redirection file as well. Windows IIS will kick yout permalink to asp error page. So how to solve this?

Option 1, you can try getting a url redirect plugin for your iis server. Get the support team to setup this. And later you configure your website to use the plugin configuration file to do the trick. Note that this method can work, but its going to be costly, and it require some technical skill to configure the config file for the plugin. So forget about this! Its took me over $150 dollars and over 3 days work trying to get this running. And i failed.

Option 2, you can upload a simple “wp-404-handler.php” file that uses custom error 404 redirection script. Login to you easy cgi control panel, and go to custom 404 setting and add this .php file to your custom 404 redirection destination. And its done! Took you not more than 5 minutes to do it!

<?php
$qs = $_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'];
$_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'] = substr($qs, strpos($qs, ':80')+3);
$_SERVER['PATH_INFO'] = $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'];
include('index.php');
?>

1) Add this content to “wp-404-handler.php” and upload this file to your easy cgi ftp root /yourdomain/. For my case, it will be “/easycgireview.org/wp-404-handler.php”

2) Login to your easy cgi control panel > Web site/domain management > select your domain > Custom error pages > 404 > add in “wp-404-handler.php” > save changes > done!

3) Test your wordpress permalink url:
http://www.easycgireview.org/easycgi/easy-cgi-coupons
http://www.easycgireview.org/easy-cgi-dns-domain-nameserver
http://www.easycgireview.org/2008/05

There are other option like mod_rewrite or php.ini configuration. Trust me, i had been through most of it, and they don’t work like the custom 404 redirection. Its too simple to be true! If you are looking for wordpress permalink url redirection, this article will help you.

More useful resources:

http://codex.wordpress.org/Using_Permalinks
http://tech.einaregilsson.com/2007/07/30/pretty-wordpress-permalinks-on-iis/
http://wordpress.org/support/topic/119303

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Today i just got myself sign up to easycgi web hosting plan, and selected their advanced windows hosting that also supporting php and mysql database. Once the account is ready, i will move this wordpress blog over to easy cgi hosting, and run this easy cgi review from easy cgi hosting server. Thus, giving you a real hosting experience and real reviews.

During sign up with easy cgi, i bump to one silly mistake. Where on step 3 of sign up, after entered the credit cards information, i found out that for extra database, i need to pay $10/mth. Wow.. that is a very expensive fee for database. I thought it was mysql fee, that would be ridicilous. I try search the easy cgi forum and discussion site for answer, but i can’t find it at easy cgi forum. So, i initiate the easy cgi live chat pre-sales, and talk to the sales personal. Finally found out, the extra database is “MSSQL”, not mysql. The fee is for microsoft sql server database.

You can visit easy cgi forum site at easycgi.com/forum/, and this is the screenshot of the easycgi forum.

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This easy cgi review site had been running for few months now, and so far, i am happy with what i found out about easycgi hosting company. I learned that easy cgi windows hosting plan also support PHP and mysql, 50 free mysql database. For microsoft sql database, you will need to get the advanced X4 plan, or select any advance plan and add mssql database during sign up process and it cost $10/mth of extra mssql you requested.

From what i found out, easy cgi advanced hosting plan does support windows asp and php script. You can run wordpress blog, phpbb forum script, oscommerce script, dotnetnuke, nGallery image gallery, form mailer, and much more php scripts. Its compatible at easy cgi hosting.

The sign up process is pretty simple. Fill up your domain name, fill up personal information and credit card payment information. Select yearly plan for 20% extra easy cgi discount and rebate. Once you are done, you should wait for the account setup email from easy cgi hosting.

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