If you want to setup wordpress on a windows server you will probaply run into the problem that your subpages and posts aren’t displayed.
This is because the nice-urls of wordpress are routet by an .htaccess-File. These files are for linux servers and are not interpreted by windows servers. The pendant for a windows server is the web.config-file.
WordPress web.config file
Just create a new file called web.config in the base-folder of your wordpress-instance and paste this code.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<configuration>
<system.webServer>
<rewrite>
<rules>
<rule name="wordpress" stopProcessing="true">
<match url=".*" />
<conditions logicalGrouping="MatchAll">
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsFile" negate="true" />
<add input="{REQUEST_FILENAME}" matchType="IsDirectory" negate="true" />
</conditions>
<action type="Rewrite" url="index.php" />
</rule>
</rules>
</rewrite>
</system.webServer>
</configuration>Your website should work right away. If it doesn’t you can go to the settings -> permalinks page and save it.
If you need a web.config for a wordpress mulitsite check out this page.
