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Tracy Ward
136 Points
localhost takes me to IIS Windows

Posted September 12, 2017 8:23am by Tracy Ward

Tracy Ward
136 Points
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Tracy Ward
136 Points
XAMP apache not starting but MySQL is.

Posted September 12, 2017 2:12am by Tracy Ward

Tracy Ward
136 Points
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Joseph Trueman
Courses Plus Student 785 Points
On the initial set up of the file index.php it will not connect to Index of/testsite, however if it is index.txt it will

Posted July 30, 2017 10:52pm by Joseph Trueman

Joseph Trueman
Courses Plus Student 785 Points
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Joseph Davis
Courses Plus Student 2,022 Points
Desktop Server

Posted June 7, 2017 2:04am by Joseph Davis

Joseph Davis
Courses Plus Student 2,022 Points
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Maayan Levy
35 Points
This is the URL that I am getting, http://localhost/testsite.com/index.php.txt ???

Posted May 15, 2017 7:49am by Maayan Levy

Maayan Levy
35 Points
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Brianna Nash
Courses Plus Student 253 Points
This may be silly, but if I have a Mac would I just download and install the Mac version of this?

Posted April 12, 2017 3:23pm by Brianna Nash

Brianna Nash
Courses Plus Student 253 Points
1 Answer
Xin Yi Kok
4,509 Points
Couldn't run Apache and MySQL, click start, they show starting... but they stopped afterwards.

Posted October 24, 2016 9:36am by Xin Yi Kok

Xin Yi Kok
4,509 Points
1 Answer
Mark Lawson
6,148 Points
XAMPP error messages in Apache and MySQL

Posted March 19, 2016 6:47pm by Mark Lawson

Mark Lawson
6,148 Points
3 Answers
Pete Wilson
1,238 Points
my browser doesn't open a splash.php page when I enter local host. It takes me to xampp dashboard. What am I doing wrong

Posted March 7, 2016 10:25pm by Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson
1,238 Points
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Pete Wilson
1,238 Points
why do you recommend not using bitnami?

Posted March 7, 2016 10:18pm by Pete Wilson

Pete Wilson
1,238 Points
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Ada N
Courses Plus Student 4,246 Points
WordPress five minute install if you're having issues installing manually

Posted March 1, 2016 7:20am by Ada N

Ada N
Courses Plus Student 4,246 Points
1 Answer
J V
5,519 Points
i cant start mySQL after just downloading xampp. apache starts fine and runs on port 80

Posted February 15, 2016 8:43pm by J V

J V
5,519 Points
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J V
5,519 Points
whats the difference between installing locally in this manner as opposed to the way described here?

Posted February 15, 2016 7:00pm by J V

J V
5,519 Points
1 Answer
Maria Valeria Belcuore
1,891 Points
What's the difference between XAMPP and DesktopServer (apart from the fact that DS only allows you to create few sites?

Posted February 6, 2016 2:27pm by Maria Valeria Belcuore

Maria Valeria Belcuore
1,891 Points
3 Answers
Martin Švec
8,208 Points
What are the differences from DesktopServer?

Posted January 29, 2016 2:19pm by Martin Švec

Martin Švec
8,208 Points
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Kohane Kagami
12,390 Points
Mamp stopped working after installing Xampp.

Posted December 28, 2015 11:11am by Kohane Kagami

Kohane Kagami
12,390 Points
2 Answers
Brian Morrison
16,524 Points
XAMPP: Can someone explain this error and how to address it. says "Blocked Port" when starting Apache

Posted December 20, 2015 9:51pm by Brian Morrison

Brian Morrison
16,524 Points
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Josh Miclette
Courses Plus Student 6,227 Points
XAMPP and MAMP Port Issues

Posted October 30, 2015 7:29pm by Josh Miclette

Josh Miclette
Courses Plus Student 6,227 Points
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Travis Granger
2,745 Points
How to Move Live Site onto Local Machine?

Posted October 8, 2015 9:46pm by Travis Granger

Travis Granger
2,745 Points
4 Answers
Elena Paraschiv
9,938 Points
Apache erorr, xampp

Posted September 13, 2015 4:27pm by Elena Paraschiv

Elena Paraschiv
9,938 Points
0 Answers
Nazmul Haque Sajol
13,594 Points
Pro/Con of using Local and Live Server for WordPress Development

Posted September 11, 2015 10:36am by Nazmul Haque Sajol

Nazmul Haque Sajol
13,594 Points
2 Answers
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Aldo Pineda
Courses Plus Student 1,079 Points
I have installed my wordpress in Hosgator. Is it possible that you can add a local web server on my pc?

Posted August 12, 2015 8:43pm by Aldo Pineda

Aldo Pineda
Courses Plus Student 1,079 Points
4 Answers
gregsmith5
32,615 Points
MAMP for Windows

Posted August 12, 2015 3:17pm by gregsmith5

gregsmith5
32,615 Points
2 Answers
Magnus Vaughan
10,583 Points
Deleting most of the folders?

Posted August 6, 2015 8:17pm by Magnus Vaughan

Magnus Vaughan
10,583 Points
1 Answer
Christina Jackson
1,838 Points
I can't access my local host

Posted July 31, 2015 9:23am by Christina Jackson

Christina Jackson
1,838 Points
1 Answer
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Elizabeth Gilbert
Courses Plus Student 1,397 Points
Cant get the home page loaded

Posted July 28, 2015 2:58pm by Elizabeth Gilbert

Elizabeth Gilbert
Courses Plus Student 1,397 Points
0 Answers
Stephen Printup
UX Design Techdegree Student 45,252 Points
Bug: XAMPP spelled XAMMP in teachers notes

Posted July 5, 2015 12:36am by Stephen Printup

Stephen Printup
UX Design Techdegree Student 45,252 Points
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Richard Cole
1,635 Points
I have downloaded XAMPP and created a new file index.php in the ht.docs folder

Posted June 28, 2015 10:08am by Richard Cole

Richard Cole
1,635 Points
1 Answer
Candice Walker
4,001 Points
Need help installing Xampp on my computer

Posted June 2, 2015 1:52am by Candice Walker

Candice Walker
4,001 Points
1 Answer
Maria De Bruyn
4,635 Points
I already have LAMP installed on my Linux computer. Is there any reason why XAMPP would be better?

Posted May 24, 2015 5:19am by Maria De Bruyn

Maria De Bruyn
4,635 Points
3 Answers

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