Title: localhost url not found
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# localhost url not found

 *  [gelok](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gelok/)
 * (@gelok)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-url-not-found/)
 * I am very new to this and hope you guys can help. I installed XAMPP and downloaded
   wordpress and moved the extracted folder into “htdocs” folder and made changes
   to wp-config file, but when I try to open “localhost/wp-admin/wordpress/install.
   php” the browser gives me URL not found message. Does anyone know what I should
   do?

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 *  [Alen](https://wordpress.org/support/users/alenma/)
 * (@alenma)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-url-not-found/#post-6010710)
 * you should put the wordpress on a folder in the htdocs.
    the folder should be
   htdocs/site_name the the url is localhost/site_name.
 *  [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
 * (@lylechamney)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-url-not-found/#post-6010711)
 * As Alen mentioned, you access the site with localhost/wordpress. On a new installation,
   this will start the install process.
 * However, before you do so, you have to create a new, empty database. Click on
   the Admin button for MySQL in the XAMPP Control Panel to start phpMyAdmin.
 * Once there, click Databases and enter wordpress as the database name then click
   Create.
 * Now you can go to `http://localhost/wordpress` and the install process will start.
 * At the database info page enter these values:
 * — database name: wordpress
    — database user: root — database password: <empty
   > do not enter anything! — database host name: localhost (or 127.0.0.1) — table
   prefix: wp_ (leave as-is)
 *  [ingrid466](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ingrid466/)
 * (@ingrid466)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-url-not-found/#post-6010802)
 * LyleChamney,
    I am trying to setup my localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/setup-config.
   php?step=2 but after entering this information I get “Error establishing a database
   connection
 * This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.
   php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This
   could mean your host’s database server is down.
    •Are you sure you have the correct
   username and password? •Are you sure that you have typed the correct hostname?•
   Are you sure that the database server is running?
 * If you’re unsure what these terms mean you should probably contact your host.
   If you still need help you can always visit the WordPress Support Forums.”
 * But my wampserver is green, and I have configure my wp-config.php so I don’t 
   know what I am doing wrong.
 *  [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
 * (@lylechamney)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-url-not-found/#post-6010803)
 * [@ingrid466](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ingrid466/) – please start your
   own thread as your issue is for a different local server.

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