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winrunner
Joined: 11 Jul 2010
Posts: 1
Location: South Africa
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 Posted: Sun 11 Jul '10 1:36 Post subject: Localhost Web Site Implementation |
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Hi, I am new to web hosting.
Please can some fundie help me here!
I have succesfully loaded Apache, MySQL and PHP.
I now want to load up a 3rd party web site onto my localhost to see how it works.
The installation instructions says:
1. Decompress the .zip archive to a local directory on your system and FTP all the files it contains (being sure to retain the directory structure) to your host. Once all the files have been uploaded to your site you should point your browser at this location.
2. Now, the Install-Screen comes up. Fill out the required fields and press "Start Installation".
I just can not get it right. Please can you tell me to what folder must I copy the files - if I can copy- to start the installation.
Will appreciate your help greatly.
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glsmith
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Joined: 16 Oct 2007
Posts: 2268
Location: Sun Diego, USA
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by default, without changing anything, localhost is the folder in your apache config labeled as DocumentRoot. You could put your files there.
Apache by default looks for the file index.html. To add to the list find these lines
<IfModule dir_module>
DirectoryIndex index.html
</IfModule>
add to the Directoryndex line like so
DirectoryIndex index.php index.html
things should work then after restarting apache |
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