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When I ran WP on a Windows host, the biggest frustration I had was that so many WP hacks required .htaccess. I don't know for sure if there's a market out there
by nhebb 16y ago
When I ran WP on a Windows host, the biggest frustration I had was that so many WP hacks required .htaccess. I don't know for sure if there's a market out there for a Windows .htaccess emulator, but I'd bet there's a lot of Windows shared hosting users that would love to see their hosts provide one.
- cparedes 16y agoAFAIK, .htaccess files are strictly for Apache web servers - if you're even using lighttpd or nginx, you're pretty much boned.
- nhebb 16y agoThat's why I said emulator. I should have searched before posting, but apparently there is already at least one product on the market that does this (Helicon Ape).
- cparedes 16y agoI think what I did, when I was using lighttpd with Wordpress, was to look at the .htaccess files that were being used, then translate them (by hand) to lighttpd rules. It requires a bit of expertise in both Apache and in whatever web server you're using, but it's another solution to consider if you're looking to "use" .htaccess files.
- ary 16y agoAre you looking strictly for mod_rewrite syntax support in IIS? http://www.isapirewrite.com/ http://www.isapirewrite.com/ More here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60857/mod-rewrite-equivalent-for-iis-7-0 http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60857/mod-rewrite-equival...
- alanh 16y agoThere is a product called (I believe) ASAPII which interprets .htaccess files for IIS hosts. We have successfully used it to run Wordpress on Windows for certain clients.
- barake 16y agoIIS7 has a URL rewriting module ("URL Rewrite") that can import mod_rewrite rules. For the most part .htaccess and web.config can provide the same functionality these days.
- slouch 16y agoIIRF is a good replacement for htaccess on a windows server. http://www.codeplex.com/iirf http://www.codeplex.com/iirf