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I’m currently working on an EE redesign project where our client needs their old website up and running while we build the new one. I’ve gotten a copy of their old website (uses Cold Fusion) up and running on GoDaddy and have hit a roadblock attempting to install EE in a development directory on the same hosting account.

GoDaddy only fully supports PHP on Windows servers if they are IIS 7. Cold Fusion will only run on IIS 6. According to GoDaddy’s documentation, IIS 6 supports PHP in safe mode. I’ve tried enabling safemode in the php.ini file but had no luck.

Has anyone dealt with this sort of setup before? I welcome any advice or wisdom. I’m guessing I’ll end up having to develop the EE site on another hosting account, but I want to make sure there’s no work around first as I’d really like everything under one roof. Thanks in advance.

Are you going to be keeping the domain on GoDaddy? In other words are all of the cold fusion pages going to go away?

I’d be tempted to install on EngineHosting or someplace similar.

Yes once the EE site is finished, we’ll get rid of the Cold Fusion site. Are you suggesting Engine Hosting as an additional hosting account or as a place where both sites could co-exist during developoment?

I’m suggesting EngineHosting as the place the site ends up when finished. It’s fairly easy to move the site from a staging site when you’re ready to go.