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Ok so whats the best way to get started.

edvoreiledvoreil
edited April 2011 in Vanilla 2.0 - 2.8
OK I am new to setting up a forum so would appreciate some help.

I know that my server has MySQL on and IIS.

I want to set up the forum on this server.

What steps should I take to set it up?

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    danlaw86danlaw86
    Hi, did you check out the Documentation?

    It has everything you need to get started and more:

    http://vanillaforums.org/docs/toc#installation

    Hope that helps.
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    edvoreiledvoreil
    Yes I have read this but I was just wondering how it relates to IIS, does it work with IIS?
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    edvoreiledvoreil
    Please can you help as i am a bit stuck at how to start as I am new to all of this but as part of my job as an IT apprentice i have been tasked with creating a forum.

    Here is what I have at the moment

    -Windows 2003 Server R2
    -IIS
    -Latest Vanilla Download.

    Where do i go from here.
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    LincLinc Detroit Admin
    Vanilla requires Apache 2. I've seen people have success with lighttpd as well, but do not know if it's possible on IIS (I have very little experience outside Apache).
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    LincLinc Detroit Admin
    Hey @cdommermuth can you give any tips here?
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