Done something wrong installing xampp?

**magicvw** · 10-15-2009, 11:12 AM

New to all this CMS stuff.

I want to play about with joomla and see if it has any use for me.

I followed instructions on the joomla site and started by downloading and installing xampp.

Installed at C:/

I've opened the control panel and clicked start apache and start mysql, but when I type http://localhost/ into my browser I get a blank page.

Am I missing something obvious here?

**Brian07002** · 10-15-2009, 12:07 PM

doesn't XAMPP install into c:\program files\XAMPP ?? Try re-installing and DON'T change the install directory to just c:\ that's the root path, your better off leaving it go into c:\program files if that is where it is defaulted to go. Otherwise, if it defaults into c:\ then I would check your firewall settings. Maybe your not giving xampp access from your firewall to run?

**chrishirst** · 10-15-2009, 12:17 PM

Have you got skype installed on your machine?

because that occupys port 80 by default.

Open Skype then -> Tools -> Options -> Connection -> Uncheck "Use port 80 and 443 as alternatives ..." and Save that

restart Apache then see what happens. (assuming of course that you have some files in the website root)

**magicvw** · 10-15-2009, 02:43 PM

I've said it before and I'll say it again - Chris you are a total GENIUS!!!

Worked like a dream - thank you so much!

**infotech rules** · 10-15-2009, 04:02 PM

yeah chris is a genius.