I've been trying to figure out how to use Joomla for the last three days and I'm frustrated beyond belief. I'm an old lady 55, and I'm not stupid, but I feel so completely out of my league.
I finally found the steps to get started in Joomla, and it told me to download the XAMMP program to my computer. Which I did. Then the program told me it wouldn't run because I had UAC enabled on my Vista OS. OK - another two hours and I finally figured out how to turn the UAC off. Reinstalled XAMMP and opened the control panel - except it won't open. Instead I get a message in the XAMPP Control Panel that says:
Status Check failure [-2]
This program must be run from your Xammp root directory.
I'm ready to drop dead from frustration. Can anyone help me to get this program to work so I can finally figure out Joomla so I can finally begin work on the Website I bought??? Please?