localhost IIS install of C5 - error 500 Invalid character
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I've been looking through these forums and through the bug tracker, but couldn't find anything on this error I am getting with IIS 7.5
This is a fresh install of C5 and I opted for the sample data, as this is my first attempt to play around with C5 (just found it today and wanted to see if it will convince me to switch from my current CMS of choice ModX).
HTTP Error 400.0 - Bad Request
ASP.NET detected invalid characters in the URL
FYI, I am merely trying to install a theme that I was able to download from the community and it's currently listed as 'installed' but when I click 'activate' this is the page/error that comes up on my machien.
This is a fresh install of C5 and I opted for the sample data, as this is my first attempt to play around with C5 (just found it today and wanted to see if it will convince me to switch from my current CMS of choice ModX).
HTTP Error 400.0 - Bad Request
ASP.NET detected invalid characters in the URL
FYI, I am merely trying to install a theme that I was able to download from the community and it's currently listed as 'installed' but when I click 'activate' this is the page/error that comes up on my machien.
I'd highly suggest installing a decent Apache server (you could try it on port 8000 without uninstalling IIS).
I'd recommend The Uniform Server http://www.uniformserver.com/
Very active compared to most other WAMPP stacks.
Takes a few minutes tops to get it installed and running, and it is 'portable' meaning it doesn't do anything to the registry and lives in it's own tree. I install it under /uni so the PHP executable would be at \uni\usr\local\PHP/. You can even set it up on a removable flash drive.
You can also run Apache/MySQL as either services (autostart) or programs.