I get the server file list after install!! Help?

  • On Localhost (local machine), PHP 4/MySQL 3

    I’m both new here and new to WP (obviously). I downloaded and followed the Famous 5 min install which was flawless. However to see the forntend I need to type:

    https://localhost/my_sites/Wordpress/index.php

    I.e. I need to add the index.php. Now if I click on a comment I made via the backend I see this in the browser URL:

    https://localhost/my_sites/Wordpress/?p=4

    and the file list which resides on the server. So it seems there are path probs? Can anyone point me in the right direction. I’m really sorry if this is a simple prob to present here!

    Sarah

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  • Do you have apache?
    One way to do this (on Windows) is to use Xampp
    Cached page as my server is asleep right now

    What web server are you running? It needs to have “index.php” set as one of the possible default index files (like index.html probably already is).

    Thread Starter sarah_h

    (@sarah_h)

    Yes, I’m running Apache. I have no problem installing some other software which requires Apache/PHP etc.

    This is the path to WP in my localhost folder

    c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache/htdocs/my_sites/

    So WordPress is not in the root. Will thi cause probs?

    Is index.php set as a valid index file?

    Thread Starter sarah_h

    (@sarah_h)

    Yes, I think so. This is what http.conf says;

    <IfModule mod_dir.c>
    DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
    </IfModule>

    This is the right place, isn’t it?

    Change their order, see if it helps.
    Otherwise I have no idea – I use XAMPP which is excellent for people who don’t know anything about setting up a server…

    Thread Starter sarah_h

    (@sarah_h)

    Hey, thanks all. I got it working. I missed out an important step when adding index.php to the directory index, that is to restart Apache. After doing that everything is working great. Thanks. Sarah

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