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psethi
PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:24 pm 
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I have downloaded xampp. Then downloaded Joomla 2.5 and unzipped in htdocs by creating a Joomla folder within htdocs folder. However, when I type http://localhost/joomla I get a 404 error message "The Webpage Cannot be found"

Please help
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Webdongle
PostPosted: Sat Sep 01, 2012 10:37 pm 
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Right click the xampp short cut icon
Shortcut tab
Advanced
tick the run as Administrator

Run xampp and start all 3 services
type in your Browser http://localhost it should redirect to http://localhost/xampp
First time you do it .. it will ask to chose your language.

Then make sure that your Joomla folders/files are in your joomla folder and not in a containing folder
Your joomla folder should contain folders including
/administrator
/cache
/components
and files including
htaccess.txt
robots.txt

Make sure they are there and not one folder down.

Then try http://localhost/joomla

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psethi
PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:19 am 
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Thanks. Got through this part.

However, now I am stuck on another stage. I am getting an error message: Could not connect to the database. Connector returned number: Unable to connect to the Database: Could not connect to MySQL.

Please help me tide over this step
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psethi
PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:29 am 
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Please ignore my previous post. I got thru this stage too. Just had to clear the password.
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Webdongle
PostPosted: Sun Sep 02, 2012 2:34 am 
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Typed it out so will post for others to see

The 'mysql' service needs to be running
You need to create a database
type in your Browser http://localhost it should redirect to http://localhost/xampp
Then click 'phpMyAdmin' from the menu on the left
Then in the next screen click the 'Databases' tab
Type in a name for your database then click 'Create'.

During your Joomla installation the database details are
Host:localhost
Database name:the name of the database you created
Database user:root
By default there is no password.

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