Thank you to you all, i was having problems with my localhost server and was searching for a simple easy to understand solution without luck, that is until i found this post in my search engine followed what moshu said about Options > general….realised my localhost port was blocked clicked a box and hey presto working perfectly(Shame i didnt find it 3 months ago) so i joined the site. Thanks again for a very helpful straight forward post 🙂
Mick