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  • sarah_h

    (@sarah_h)


    On Localhost (local machine), PHP 4/MySQL 3

    I’m both new here and new to WP (obviously). I downloaded and followed the Famous 5 min install which was flawless. However to see the forntend I need to type:

    http://localhost/my_sites/Wordpress/index.php

    I.e. I need to add the index.php. Now if I click on a comment I made via the backend I see this in the browser URL:

    http://localhost/my_sites/Wordpress/?p=4

    and the file list which resides on the server. So it seems there are path probs? Can anyone point me in the right direction. I’m really sorry if this is a simple prob to present here!

    Sarah

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  • Do you have apache?
    One way to do this (on Windows) is to use Xampp
    Cached page as my server is asleep right now

    Kafkaesqui

    (@kafkaesqui)

    What web server are you running? It needs to have “index.php” set as one of the possible default index files (like index.html probably already is).

    Thread Starter sarah_h

    (@sarah_h)

    Yes, I’m running Apache. I have no problem installing some other software which requires Apache/PHP etc.

    This is the path to WP in my localhost folder

    c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/my_sites/

    So WordPress is not in the root. Will thi cause probs?

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    Is index.php set as a valid index file?

    Thread Starter sarah_h

    (@sarah_h)

    Yes, I think so. This is what http.conf says;

    <IfModule mod_dir.c>
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
    </IfModule>

    This is the right place, isn’t it?

    moshu

    (@moshu)

    Change their order, see if it helps.
    Otherwise I have no idea – I use XAMPP which is excellent for people who don’t know anything about setting up a server…

    Thread Starter sarah_h

    (@sarah_h)

    Hey, thanks all. I got it working. I missed out an important step when adding index.php to the directory index, that is to restart Apache. After doing that everything is working great. Thanks. Sarah

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