Can't find local host in browser
Posted:
12. December 2009 04:33
by schwabby
I successfully installed Xampp on my C Drive, I successfully installed wordpress in Xampp, I looked at my wordpress site, I added themes made adjustments everything was great.
But now I can't get back there. I was sure I bookmarked it, but I can't find it and no matter what I type in it can't seem to find it.
Here is the physical address:
C:// > XAMPP > xampp > htdocs > wordpress
Can someone tell me what the path would be in the browser window to access the site?
Thank you!
Schwabby
Re: Can't find local host in browser
Posted:
12. December 2009 05:25
by Izzy
Missing support info - what XAMPP version and which Windows OS?
So assuming latest stable XAMPP version and Windows Vista.
schwabby wrote:Here is the physical address:
C:// > XAMPP > xampp > htdocs > wordpress
Your files are located here then:
C:\xampp\xampp\htdocs\wordpressyou will not be able to access wordpress by typing anything in your browser except:
http://localhost/wordpressassuming you have checked that Apache and MySQL are both showing as
running in the XAMPP Control Panel.
The XAMPP Welcome Demo Page is at:
http://localhost/xampp/index.phpMore helpful reading for new XAMPP users:
\xampp\readme_en.txt file
or
http://www.apachefriends.org/winxampp/readme_en.txthttp://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.htmlhttp://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp-windows.html
Re: Can't find local host in browser
Posted:
12. December 2009 14:58
by schwabby
That worked thank you! It was not running in the Xampp control panel.
So that leads me to a new question.
Do I need to start that up each time I want to access my local server?
Thanks for being patient with a newbie in server issues!
Schwabby
Re: Can't find local host in browser
Posted:
12. December 2009 17:46
by Izzy
schwabby wrote:Do I need to start that up each time I want to access my local server?
Absolutely, every time you want to use your web server it has to be running just like any other application on your PC.