How to Run WordPress on Your Windows Computer Using XAMPP
Note: The following tutorial is intended to demonstrate how to install XAMPP and WordPress on your local Windows computer. It is not recommended that you connect this to the web…this is a very insecure set-up intended for local (off-line) purposes such as local testing, development, etc.
How to Run WordPress on Your Windows Computer Using XAMPP — Part 1 of 2
How to Run WordPress on Your Windows Computer Using XAMPP — Part 2 of 2
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Very helpful, as always
First I want to thank you for this video series. I had tried Xampp and Wamp before with no success.
I followed the sets in the video and get this error:
Object not found!
The requested URL was not found on this server. If you entered the URL manually please check your spelling and try again.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 404
localhost
04/12/09 16:29:36
Apache/2.2.11 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8i mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.8
I am running Windows XP Professional, Mozilla 3.0.8, IE 7.0.5XX
Wordpress 2.7.1 and XAMPP Lite [PHP: 5.2.8]
Do you have any sugestions?
@Bruce:
1. Make sure your anti-virus software, or firewall, is not blocking access. You may need to disable them temporatly to test this.
2. Make sure the ports are open…I show this in the video.
3. Make sure XAMPP is at the upper-most level of your drive…it should be your drive and then the xampp directory.
Thank you, I got it working on my thumbdrive now. I have another question. I am trying to develop 2 different blogs. I copied 2 wordpress folders and named them differently. When I open the second, I get a WordPress already installed and when I log in it goes to the first one. How do I set up 2 different blogs.
@Bruce: Look at this tutorial: http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=34
thank you for your fast reply
I thank you for all your advice. As a novice it is wonderful having someone with your expertise and knowledge.
I have a new question, once I develop my blog on my local machine and then want to upload it to my server service, how many areas do I need to change to have the URLs look there and not on my H drive?
@Bruce: Just follow the steps in the following video: http://educhalk.org/blog/?p=157
Hey very nice blog!! Man .. Beautiful .. Amazing .. I will bookmark your blog and take the feeds also…
nice tutorial it is so useful thank you very much…
I can only access my xampp from the other computer.. how can I access my blog from the other computer .. thanks .
Tested on Windows 7 RC: its up and working fine!
Thanks in advance for this video tutorial, it helped me so much.
Very useful tutorial, thanks.
@Figaro
I’ve developed a local WordPress site using XAMPP with WordPress 2.8.
I notice that WordPress 2.8 has an automatic upgrade facility, but can’t get it to work on my local site.
Do I nreed to alter some setting? Or is it simply not possible to use the auto upgrade facility on a local setup?
@Keith: Sometimes you can, other times you can’t. I can upgrade my XAMPP install on my home computer, but can’t at work…probably has to do with firewall settings.
@Figaro
Thanks for quick response… much appreciated.
Thank you very much for this. My first installation failed … I watched the videos and followed along, and now everything is working fine from my USB. Thanks again for creating this tutorial.
I followed the tutorial put XAMPP directory in route of USB stick and also tried in route of C:. I also checked ports. Shut down virus checker. Tried this on two Vista machines.
In the dialogue box it shows both Apache and MySql services started but ‘running’ is not displayed alongside.
@Stefan: That’s a problem…something on your computers are preventing them from running.
@figaro
So what do I need to do to trouble shoot this? Or is there something I need to install before I install XAMPP
Thanks for your tutorial. I did everything but finally I am getting this error
What should I do?
Thanks for your help
Doulos
Server error!
The server encountered an internal error and was unable to complete your request. Either the server is overloaded or there was an error in a CGI script.
If you think this is a server error, please contact the webmaster.
Error 500
localhost
02/22/10 13:53:59
Apache/2.2.6 (Win32) DAV/2 mod_ssl/2.2.6 OpenSSL/0.9.8e mod_autoindex_color PHP/5.2.4
Thanks. I figured it out: it was the wrong link
Great post! Thanks!!!
Great post!!! I finaly found a video that solved my problems. Now i can do some experiences with my blog, thank you so much.
Great video tutorial. I can’t get XAMPP to run from my USB, but will tackle that again another time. Works great from the C: drive.