Beginner and Could Use Some Guidance

[turkey3]

Hi! I am experienced in designing web sites but not really in web servers. So far I am confused with XAMPP and how to set up a very basic website. I guess my question is. What are the steps to setting up a basic website with an HTML, CSS, and JS page on XAMPP? Thanks!

[JJ_Tagy]

XAMPP is just a collection of programs. Apache controls serving your html. Look inside your c:\xampp\htdocs folder. That is your root and the files inside are located at http://localhost/. Create a test file in there (let's say mytest.html). Then you can access it at http://localhost/mytest.html.

[turkey3]

Ok thanks for that info! But how come when I type "localhost" in my web browser instead of taking me to my website it takes me to the server configuration?

[JJ_Tagy]

Because of the existing files. Open index.php with a text editor and you will see why. There are default files it looks for if you don't specify a file to load.