XAMPP Installed, Apache/MySQL Started, Still Accesses I-net
Posted: 27. October 2007 18:41
As the Subject line says, I installed XAMPP, started the Apache and MySQL servers, no errors, installed WordPress, and began playing with it when what to my surprise - I was accessing my blog on the internet rather than the one installed under XAMPP.
To prove it, I turned off my modem, tried to run the WP Admin (Dashboard) and got a "Page not found" for my efforts.
myPhpAdmin runs fine under XAMPP with the modem off.
To populate my wordpress database, I imported a backup of my remote host wordpress database. I suspect it is full of links back to the internet but I thought "localhost" would rerout all those links back to my local wordpress installation.
My hosts file contains a
What should I be looking for in resolving my problem??
To prove it, I turned off my modem, tried to run the WP Admin (Dashboard) and got a "Page not found" for my efforts.
myPhpAdmin runs fine under XAMPP with the modem off.
To populate my wordpress database, I imported a backup of my remote host wordpress database. I suspect it is full of links back to the internet but I thought "localhost" would rerout all those links back to my local wordpress installation.
My hosts file contains a
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127.0.0.1 localhost
What should I be looking for in resolving my problem??