I have successfully installed xampplite and tested. I then installed Joomla in the c:/xampplite/htdocs for webdesign on my local machine.
I created the vitrtual directories as such
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot c:/xampplite/htdocs
ServerName localhost
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot c:/xampplite/htdocs/site1
ServerName localhost.site1
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot c:/xampplite/htdocs/site2
ServerName localhost.site2
<Directory />
Options FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
And my Windows host file as such
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 localhost.site1
127.0.0.1 localhost.site2
Upon start up of Apache I receive
Warning documentroot [c:/xampplite/htdocs/site1] does not exist
Warning documentroot [c:/xampplite/htdocs/site2 does not exist
I am able to pull up the sites default web pages, as I edit my software from the backend it changes both sites.
Being a beginner I m looking for any help you can supply