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I've downloaded and installed XAMPP v.1.73 and created a database in phpadmin. I downloaded Joomla 2.5 and put it in the XAMPP\htdocs folder. When I type HTTP://localhost.joomla25, the install console comes up but it always has an error on the page and I can't proceed. I tried downloading Joomla again but the same results. Any suggestions???

Should it not be
http://localhost/joomla25

What does the error say ?
A screen shot would help

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The correct address is http://localhost/joomla25. I mistyped in my message. I've attached a screen shot of the screen. Notice in the lower left corner the error icon. When I select English and hit next, nothing happens. It's just frozen. When I open the error it says, "Install is not defined". Also notice next to the STEPS on the left the extra text that is displayed.

The newest version of xampp for windows is 1.7.7. Use that instead of 1.7.3

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Thanks, I'll give that a try.

I have and still do use Xammp 1.7.3, in fact I tried an update to 1.7.7 and it failed on me so I went back to 1.7.3.

Not sure why you are having issues as I have been using Joomla 1.5 through to 2.5 without any issues at all on xampp.

One thing I do however is manage my sites with the windows hosts file and the xampp file httpd-vhosts.conf

I have set my PC to be a static local IP, i.e. 10.0.0.4 or 192.168.something depending on your modem and what it uses, you should be able to set a local static IP to your PC via your modem admin.

Once that is done I then use that IP in my windows host file at Windows/system32.drivers.etc and enter something like



You can make as many entries as you want, just keep using the same IP and then access your local site using your local url (i.e. joomla25.moc).

Do a save as into a temp directory and then get that saved file and copy it to the etc directory and select to overwrite the older file, note you will need admin access to do that, also some anti-virus apps will stop you doing this so you may need to disable it for this.

I use moc in place of com so I know its local, you could use anything like 'local' if you want.

I then edit the httpd-vhosts.conf found at (drive letter will depend on your local set-up)

"E:\xampp\apache\conf\extra\httpd-vhosts.conf"

and make an entry like



and save it. (you can make as many entries as you like, just copy teh above and modify it for each local site you are working on

Restart apache via the xammp control panel and you should now be able to visit your site via the url you created, e.g. http://www.joomla25.moc

Not sure if the above will help but this is what I have been doing for quite a while and I have never had any installation or akeeba restore fail

Cheers

G

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I found Wamp much more user friendly

I uninstalled XAMPP and downloaded WAMP. I did the install and created a database. What directory should I put the Joomla folder? I've tried several and each time I typed in HTTP://localhost/joomla if received a 404 page not found. Is there somewhere where I can get directions for WAMP?

The advantage of xampp is that you can use ftp to localhost. This allows for creating the folder in the correct directory.

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My Wamp is installed in the root of the C drive.
and in the wamp folder there is a www folder. Inside that are the folders for my local sites.

The /www relates to http://localhost/
and
/www/joomla25 relates to http://localhost/joomla25

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