Joomla Disappeared!

[tms]

I've installed XAMPP and checked the box to install Joomla on top of XAMPP. It worked the first day but after a shutdown and reboot the next day Joomla seems to have disappeared?

I started the XAMPP control panel (v 3.2.1) and started both Apache and MySQL before trying:

http://localhost/joomlearn (what I named the database) but then nothing!

Sorry for the rookie question, but what am I doing wrong!

Thanks

[Altrea]

You must not add the name of the database to the url but the name of the application.

Don't know which alias bitnami gives these apps.
Try http://localhost/joomla

[Nobbie]

You must apply the name of the subfolder (which must be beyond c:/xampp/htdocs), where you installed Joomla. For example, if you installed Joomla to c:/xampp/htdocs/joomla, you have to enter http://localhost/joomla

If you installed it directly into htdocs (without subfolder), only enter http://localhost

[Altrea]

You must apply the name of the subfolder (which must be beyond c:/xampp/htdocs), where you installed Joomla.

Badly not. AFAIK Bitnami Apps install itself to \xampp\apps\ and will be routed by an alias.

[Nobbie]

AFAIK Bitnami Apps install itself to \xampp\apps\ and will be routed by an alias.

Oh - AFAIK Bitnami Joomla comes with a standalone fully configured Webserver environment (we had an issue here that a Bitnami Joomla collides with a Xampp installation a few weeks ago). I would not install Joomla from Bitnami.

See viewtopic.php?f=16&t=70742&p=242280#p242280

(and inside there see the error message: "Port 80 in use by ""C:\Bitnami\JOOMLA~1.0-0\apache2\bin\httpd.exe" -k runservice" with PID 1908!", that is a clear hint that Bitnami already installs another Apache under Joomla!).

[Altrea]

There is a difference between bitnami Joomla module installer (for XAMPP) (https://bitnami.com/stack/xampp#joomla ~18MB) and Bitnami Joomla installer (https://bitnami.com/stack/joomla/installer ~76MB). First one is linked on the orange XAMPP Administration page and installed like i described and second one comes with a full webserver environment.

[Nobbie]

I would not use Bitnami Joomla in ANY case...

[Altrea]

Nor me

[tms]

Thanks for the replies!

If I'm reading the replies correctly, the best course of action now is to uninstall Bitnami and then install Joomla right from Joomla.org?

Thanks.

[Nobbie]

Yes!