garyward22

I have the same issue – would love a resolution – sorry I cant help personally. Rgds

To add some more info to the problem – I looked in the error log for Apache and found these entries – these occured when I cahnged the sysntax to access the blog. Does it matter that it is accessing the IP address rather than localhost? Also it seems to be looking thru two xampp folders – not sure why?

[Thu Aug 04 15:06:15 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/xampp/JoBlog
[Thu Aug 04 15:06:44 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/xampp/jowyndhamward.com
[Thu Aug 04 15:06:54 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/xampp/jowyndhamward
[Thu Aug 04 15:07:18 2011] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] File does not exist: C:/xampp/htdocs/xampp/htdocs

Rechecked wp-config. The file is located in C:/xampp/htdocs/JoBlog. This what it looks like – not sure if I am risk by publishing some of this but I assume without the password its OK. Please delete this post if not safe – I also have made some small changes to the names in this post as well just in case! In MySQL database which I downloaded from my web hosting service and imported locally – I made the following changes –

In the database

localhost – wrd_1cdh7he999 – wp_options I changed in wp-options

siteurl – to https://localhost/JoBlog (should this be the URL of the Blog)??? https://www.jowyndhamward.com
home – to https://localhost/JoBlog

Below is the wp-config file – the only item I am unsure about here is the MySQL database username – this is obviously the user name which was created when I set up WordPress on the Web Hosting service. I cannot find where this is stored in MySql or wordpress but assume this is all correct.

/ ** MySQL settings – You can get this info from your web host ** //
/** The name of the database for WordPress */
define(‘DB_NAME’, ‘wrd_1cdh7he999’);

/** MySQL database username */
define(‘DB_USER’, ‘wrd2Ou0aak2’);

/** MySQL database password */
define(‘DB_PASSWORD’, ‘123456789’);

/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

/** Database Charset to use in creating database tables. */
define(‘DB_CHARSET’, ‘utf8’);

/** The Database Collate type. Don’t change this if in doubt. */
define(‘DB_COLLATE’, ”);

Maybe closer. Have accessed the sql database and have located the file wp-options. I have edited two filelds siteurl and home and entered https://localhost/JoBlog in both. However I still have a database error connection could not be established. Should this path be https://localhost/htdocs/JoBlog?

Desperate!

Hi As the title says – no access to my blog – or anything else! However in my search for a solution an earlier poster said put my blog in a folder called www. However in reading problem solving for XAMPP I have found out it should be in htdocs. I have moved it there and def feel I am getting closer to displaying something. Now when I try localhost/JoBlog I get an error saying cannot establish database connection. I have checked again in the file wp-admin (still opens in Dreamweaver)which i manually choose notepad to open the file and all the info seems to be correct DB name, DBuser, password , hostname. These are the ones downloaded from my web hosting service and seem to match the file names which appear in Mysql locally when I look at Myphpadmin. My only thought is should hostnmae be localhost/JoBlog? Other then that I am stuck again. Very frustrating – didn’t think this would be that hard to do!

Thanks again if anybody can assist me.

Hi,

I am still none the wiser – where do I locate urls in settings general so that I can change to
https://localhost/JoBlog

I need the idiots guide.

Thanks

OK – I have looked at the link but now more confused. In wp-config I have changed it to localhost as below. Should this be more explicit – like localhost/www/joblog or something else.

Please remember that this is a standard install – I have only created one folder called JoBlog in the folder www which has all the downloaded files from my webhosting server

/** MySQL hostname */
define(‘DB_HOST’, ‘localhost’);

Apologies for my stupidity!

Hi, Perhaps I missed saying that I only want to use the localhost to make alterations/testing before I go live. The site will remain on my webhosting service (iPage)and of course that is still fully operational. It is the local version of my Blog that I am trying to get up and running so I can make changes, test and otherwise edit before doing it for real. Hope that makes more sense.

Thanks

HELP – Im still struggling. The blog shows on the Internet fine so that all works https://www.jowyndhamward.com

Update to where I am.

1) Couldn’t get Apache running – found out that Skype on Port 80 was causing the server not to run – fixed
2) have Apache and MySql running in XAMPP (InGreen and running and can access service status
3) Imported the database from my webhost (iPage) and that seems to have imported there OK – exported from webhost and imported locally
4) I am sure there are some other settings I should change in wordpress
5) When I click on Admin in XAMPP for either Apache of MySQL should anything happen?
6) I assume I do not have to install wordpress locally and then copy over my blog. I have assumed that if I move everything (admin,content,includes etc)from my webhoster that is the complete wordpress install.
7) Everytime I try to open one of the wordpress files – Dreamweaver opens it – cant seem to stop that!
8) To access my blog locally http/localhost/www/joblog – correct? and add wp-admin to access dashboard?
9) Just managed to open wp-admin with Notepad. The current DB hostname shows ‘jowyndhamwardcom.ipagemysql.com’ – should I change this to ‘localhost’
I did not know where “urls in Settings General” were so didnt do that

I think I am close and just need a little more guidance!! Many thanks