Local installation on Windows

  • I followed the very clear tampa2 guide for installing WordPress locally on Xampp. Every thing seemed to go all right until the end.

    After copying the contents of the WordPress folder into htdocs directory I tried to logon through browser (localhost, etc.) and all I get is :
    “Connection refused. Server too busy or can’t accept the connection”

    Can anyone throw any light on this, please ?

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  • Did you start the XAMPP? It brings up a Control window where you have to click on Start for Apache and MySQL.
    After that you are able to direct your browser to localhost…

    Thread Starter rolee

    (@rolee)

    Thanks for your feedback, Moshu. I seem to be in Control window : it says I successfully set-up Xampp but I can’t find any function to start Apache and MySQL. I tried to do it manually in directory but that didn’t seem to work. Can you tell me where to look in Control window ?

    According to “status”, various elements are alright. However, I looked at “security” and that appeared a bit grim. How do I assure that when connected locally I’m not connected to internet ?

    Any help would be appreciated.

    There’s a XAMPP monitor that I use…. You have to browse to the folder to get to it…. it has 4 buttons on it 1) Apache, 2) MySQL, 3) FTP 4) Mail …. It’ll give the current status, and the ability to start & stop each one. Make sure the Apache & MySQL ones are started & running.

    Hmmm…. re-reading your OP there…. it sounds like the services are started…. just won’t let you to connect to mySQL….

    Things to look for: 1) Make sure you have the right config settigns for your local db. 2) Make sure you have created the DB and that the proper user has permissions to it. 3) If necessary, create the db, add the user and run the install. 4) If there’s a .htaccess file, remove it, that only confuses Windows. 5) I found I had problems running PHP 5 (which is what XAMPP is set up to run by default) – there’s a utility for switching it to php4. I forget exactly where it is, but it is listed in the documentation.

    -tg

    Thread Starter rolee

    (@rolee)

    Have set-up with XAMPP on localhost with your help : I can see database, phpmyadmin and blog. The only problem is I can’t get login to work so that I attain admin panels (dashboard). Any ideas on what I didn’t quite do right, please ?

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