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Hi Lyle,

Even with ‘root’ as my DB_USER and no password I am unable to view the website on localhost, only the files inside the directory: C:\xampp\htdocs\wbt when I go to localhost/wbt.

Thanks for trying but it seems to be a lost cause.

Regards,
Bertie.

Do you mean that I have to change the URL of the sub directory in the database?
I guess that in the moving_wordpress guide that the guide most applicable would be ‘moving wordpress on your existing server’ but the following steps do not seem right:

“In the box for WordPress Address (URL): change the address to the new location of your main WordPress core files.

In the box for Site Address (URL): change the address to the new location, which should match the WordPress (your public site) address.”

I am not changing the location of my main wordpress core files, I am copying them so that they are in two locations. So back to my first point, should I be attempting to change the URL of the subdirectory in the database? I am not wanting to change the root directory URL at all. I am happy with https://www.mysite.co.nz , I just want https://www.mysite.co.nz/locations to mirror it. When someone clicks on a link in my site they currently go to https://www.mysite.co.nz/link and I want to optimise it so they can do both this, as well as, https://www.mysite.co.nz/locations/link.

Hi Clarion Technologies,

I have completely restarted everything however I am now encountering a different issue.

The steps I have taken are:
I exported the database files from the hosting site and have imported them into phpmyadmin at localhost. I FTP’d the website files and have placed them in the htdocs folder in Xampp. I can turn on Apache and MySQL.
My wp-config.php database, user and password all match the details in the database. I adjusted the URL of the website in wp-options in the database to the directory in my computer.

The issue now is that when I go to localhost/mywebsite is that it comes up with all the files of mywebsite (doesn’t put them together to make the website) and underneath is wordpress’s “first things first”…”famous 5minute install”…”updating using the automatic updater”.. etc etc..

Please help, this is driving me nuts!

Issue resolved, I didn’t see the metaslider console options on the sidebar.