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Hello,
I apologise in advance if this question has already been asked, but I searched and couldn't find anything remotely related to it.

I recently installed XAMPP 1.8.1 in order to duplicate my WordPress site for testing purposes. I'm using Windows 7.

I went through the whole of the instructions contained in http://lifeinthegrid.com/do-you-localhost-your-wordpress/ I got to the part about saving permalinks, etc., etc and did each of these but they resulted in blank pages, however when I checked the logs it said everything had been installed correctly.

When I navigate to http://localhost/testshanwatts/ all I get is a blank page. I have both Apache and MySQL running in XAMPP.

I'm a complete newbie and am not sure if this is an XAMPP issue or a Duplicator issue, but am hoping that someone might advise me on what to do or where to go in order to solve my problem?

Many thanks
Shan

Hi Shan,

What do you get if you just type in http://localhost/ ?
Expected result would be the orange XAMPP administration page.
If this page is showing, everything with your Apache and PHP is okay and the problem is a wordpress one.

best wishes,
Altrea

Hi Altrea,

Thanks so much for responding. When I type the above into my browser, I get the following message:

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost.
The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments.
If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection.
If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

Does this mean I have something wrong with my settings?
Thanks for your assistance,
Shân

Actually, I'm sorry. It helps if I turn Apache and MySQl on first
I did, in fact, get the orange XAMPP admin page.

Thanks for your help. I'll take the issue up with the WordPress people.
Have a happy Christmas
Shân