Microsoft/Web

Install WordPress for Windows

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WordPress is one of the most popular open-source blogging, publishing and content management systems, with a deep plugin and theme architecture that allows for limitless possibilities. WordPress also runs great on the Microsoft Web Platform. Microsoft is teaming up with the WordPress Community to make using WordPress on Windows even easier and Microsoft along with its hosting partners is working to make hosting WordPress on Windows a great choice for everyone.

Install WordPress

The Microsoft Web Platform Installer will download any
pre-requisites and then install WebMatrix and WordPress
for you. Just click Install and we’ll handle the rest.

  

Get Started with WordPress and WebMatrix 

Microsoft WebMatrix makes  it easy for anyone to create a WordPress site. WordPress available from the Web Application Gallery is fully tested to run on WebMatrix. Customize your site easily and then publish it on the internet from a wide choice of hosting service providers.

Create	Customize	Publish
WebMatrix makes creating a WordPress site easy. WebMatrix will download, install and configure the latest version of WordPress for you automatically. WebMatrix provides everything you need including the web server, MySQL, and PHP. It also includes our URL Rewrite module for “Pretty Permalinks” in WordPress and WinCache to ensure your WordPress site runs fast on Windows. By using the same stack on your development desktop that you’ll use on the server that hosts your clients’ site, the process of going live is painless and worry free.	WebMatrix lets you customize your WordPress site. The lightweight editor supports HTML, CSS and ASP.NET and makes you more productive with features such as color coding and tag completion. WebMatrix provides editing capabilities for your SQL Server database allowing you to modify your schema or edit data directly if needed. WebMatrix provides a Search Engine Optimization (SEO) report that crawls your local site. WebMatrix and gives you specific feedback to ensure your site is easily indexed by all the major search engines.	WebMatrix makes it easy to publish your site to a hosted server. WebMatrix supports the standard FTP and Secure FTP protocols as well as Microsoft’s WebDeploy protocol. WebDeploy makes publishing even easier by automatically configuring your server first as well as smartly deploying only the files that have changed for any updates. WebDeploy can even synch your development machine with your live site. Best of all WebMatrix includes aHosting Gallery with great offers for hosting on Windows. Get the best deals for hosting WordPress on Windows right inside WebMatrix itself.

New to WordPress?

Microsoft and the WordPress Community are teaming up to provide definitive and deep guidance on the installation, configuration and tuning of WordPress on the Microsoft Web Platform. Detailed technical information for installing and tuning WordPress on IIS is available on the WordPress Codex.

New to PHP on Windows and IIS?

There is a wealth of information for learning more about running WordPress or any PHP-based website on the Microsoft Web Platform including features and information on FastCGI, WinCache, PHP Manager and running PHP applications in our cloud platform, Azure. Plus links to detailed articles for users who want to get the ultimate performance from their WordPress sites on Windows. Visit our PHP on Windows page to learn more.

Starting with LINUX

Linux is a powerful and attractive desktop operating system

What is Linux?

Linux is an operating system, in the same way that Windows, Mac OS X, iOS and Android are all operating systems.

Essentially, what an operating system does is provide a platform for everything else on your computer to run on top of.

This platform is made up of lots of different parts. Some parts are responsible for making the hardware work, others for displaying the user interface, and still other parts for ensuring that applications can work with the hardware and each other. Just like Windows etc, Linux performs all of these functions.

You may be asking, "If Linux does all the same things that Windows or Mac OS X does, why bother switching?". The answer is that Linux has its own way of doing things, and for some people, the Linux way suits them better.

Linux VS Windows

10 fundamental differences between Linux and Windows:

#1: Full access vs. no access

Having access to the source code is probably the single most significant difference between Linux and Windows. The fact that Linux belongs to the GNU Public License ensures that users (of all sorts) can access (and alter) the code to the very kernel that serves as the foundation of the Linux operating system. You want to peer at the Windows code? Good luck. Unless you are a member of a very select (and elite, to many) group, you will never lay eyes on code making up the Windows operating system.

You can look at this from both sides of the fence. Some say giving the public access to the code opens the operating system (and the software that runs on top of it) to malicious developers who will take advantage of any weakness they find. Others say that having full access to the code helps bring about faster improvements and bug fixes to keep those malicious developers from being able to bring the system down. I have, on occasion, dipped into the code of one Linux application or another, and when all was said and done, was happy with the results. Could I have done that with a closed-source Windows application? No.

#2: Licensing freedom vs. licensing restrictions

Along with access comes the difference between the licenses. I'm sure that every IT professional could go on and on about licensing of PC software. But let's just look at the key aspect of the licenses (without getting into legalese). With a Linux GPL-licensed operating system, you are free to modify that software and use and even republish or sell it (so long as you make the code available). Also, with the GPL, you can download a single copy of a Linux distribution (or application) and install it on as many machines as you like. With the Microsoft license, you can do none of the above. You are bound to the number of licenses you purchase, so if you purchase 10 licenses, you can legally install that operating system (or application) on only 10 machines.