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Michael Hampshire
12,206 PointsNeed help installing WordPress...
I'm having some trouble installing WP. I'm trying to do this locally but when I type 'localhost' into my browser, it can't find the localhost. I tried doing this with desktopserver and it didn't work and I also used XAMPP and still couldn't get it to work. I'm really wanting to get this to work locally so I can try it before I buy a domain and use it that way, but are there any other free and easy ways to get WP? I was working on this for hours and still couldn't get it.
P.S I tried the trick where you change ports 80 and 443 and still got nothing.
Please help...
Thanks, Mike
Michael Hampshire
12,206 PointsYes. Both MySQL and Apache were both running. I was able to get to the XAMPP page, but when I tried making a WordPress site, it couldn't find it.
2 Answers
Michael Hampshire
12,206 PointsNevermind. I figured it out. I have to type localhost:8080/wordpress/wp-admin to login. Thank you for your help though!!
Craig Watson
27,930 PointsHi Michael,
Have you managed to get up and running with things? If not let me know :)
Craig
Michael Hampshire
12,206 PointsNo. Both servers were running and I was able to access the XAMPP page but couldn't get any WordPress page or plugin to run.
Julian Gutierrez
19,201 PointsJulian Gutierrez
19,201 PointsDid you make sure your server was running before trying to access localhost through your browser?