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Maureen O'Neal
Maureen O'Neal
12,930 Points

XAMPP Install and wordpress signin

Hi, I'm having a problem with my XAMPP and Wordpress signin, I have XAMPP installed and running, I've started both the Apache and MySQL on it, but when I go to lacalhost, it automatically goes to localhost/dashboard, and I get my XAMPP dashboard, Ive tried going to localhost/testsite, and there is not a link for localwp.com link, so I can't signin and start an account there. I checked my phpadmin page, and it looks okay, there is wpuser there, but I can't go on to signing to wordpress locally! What can I do, and what did I do wrong? Thanks so much for any help offered!

4 Answers

Robert Bennett
Robert Bennett
11,927 Points

First of all did you save your file in the right extension? Most people only use XAMPP for PHP or wordpress. If you save your file in a PHP extensions look for it like this localhost/testsite.php

Robert Bennett
Robert Bennett
11,927 Points

Yes, save the file by sublime (save as) and make sure the file extension is correct... If it is a PHP file it goes like this .php or index.php. Because the program when you run it always look for an index file first... That also goes for HTML files... index.html

Maureen O'Neal
Maureen O'Neal
12,930 Points

I knew I did that file wrong,I did NOT save it, do I do it in Sublime Text or what, I was never at all clear on that.

Maureen O'Neal
Maureen O'Neal
12,930 Points

I got it! I had to transfer my sites file into xampp htdocs right? They didn't exactly show that in the video, but I got it. Thank you SO MUCH for putting up with a dense beginner! :)