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i installed xampp did everything right and stuff and when i try to go to the main page of my website it doesn't load...all it say is waiting...please if anyone know how to solve this problem i would i appreciate it..

What do you see when you go to:
http://localhost
and
http://127.0.0.1

Be aware that for anyone to troubleshoot your issues you have to relay as much detail as possible about what you are doing, what you have done already and what you see on your monitor.

it says its underconstruction...i changed the port because it was being used by IIS so i used port 8080 no when i type "myip:8080" it only says waiting for "myip"...by the way i use mozilla for this..

What do you see when you type:
http://localhost:8080
and
http://127.0.0.1:8080

Please try and answer my questions exactly and with details as they are important steps to troubleshoot your issue

also i updated windows server 2003 sp1 with all the updates that microsoft provided. if that makes a difference.

sileng wrote:also i updated windows server 2003 sp1 with all the updates that microsoft provided. if that makes a difference.

It may make a difference and is what we are trying to ascertain by Q&A.

Sharley wrote:What do you see when you type:
http://localhost:8080
and
http://127.0.0.1:8080

Please try and answer my questions exactly and with details as they are important steps to troubleshoot your issue...

...that is if you still want your issues looked at?

when i use localhost:8080 or 127.0.0.1:8080 it says connection error. but when i try 192.168.1.73:8080 it doesn't load, all it say is waiting for 192.168.1.73...i appreciate you helping me out

Try disabling temporarily your firewall and then try the http://localhost:8080 again and at this point I am only interested in testing localhost and 127.0.0.1 not your IP, which may be a different issue.

Let us do one thing at a time.

Let me know back what happens when you disable your firewall and remember to frequently clear your browser's cache when working at local level.

so this is what i get with http://localhost:8080




that's the same result when i try http://127.0.0.1:8080...my firewall is disabled

What changes exactly did you make in the xampp\apache\conf\httpd.conf file?

Is apache and mysql running?

Check using xampp\xampp-control.exe and see if both Apache and MySQL have the green running indication.

EDIT
Make sure that the first line after all the commented entries in your C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\Hosts file looks like this:
127.0.0.1 localhost

and if you see this line:
::1 localhost
then comment it out like so:
# ::1 localhost

all i did was change listen 80 to listen 8080...everything is working apache and mysql, both are running with no problems...




# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
#
# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
#
# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
#
# For example:
#
# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host

127.0.0.1 localhost

Sometimes this helps:
Listen *:80

Instead of simply:
Listen 80



A bit further down in the httpd.conf file is this line:
ServerName localhost:80

Try either dropping the :80 or changing the line to:
ServerName localhost:8080

Save the file and don't forget to restart Apache every time you make edits so that the server can recognize the new edited configurations.

Make sure you clear/delete your browser's cache often in Firefox:
Options>Advanced>Networks>Cache>Clear Now