Its been an interesting ride over the last few days as I uninstalled iis / cf8 .. and worked on getting apache and php installed and working. I wouldn't have had a chance without this slideshow ( even though there are a few steps in there where the versions have changed, it got me through editing the httpd.conf file with apache and configuring windows host file).. enough to get phpinfo() to work out of the 'default' apache root folder.
Read some threads and saw that I had to clear the cache* db rows and then modded the setup file.. able to see the site when I view localhost in a browser.
Had to read a little more to get sef urls working. Got it, now I can navigate through the site pages properly ( the site I am testing has them + pathauto enabled ).
The thing is.. the site appears to be working just fine.. but I can't login.
I triple checked its keyed in right. even used the script listed here in the handbook to reset user 1 pw. nothing seems to log me in. even tried in both firefox then IE.
I feel like Im stuck on the last step.. all I wanted to do is login and change the theme to start working.
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Try XAMPP
I've been developing web apps on a WinXP box for several years. I started out with a manual install of Apache, PHP, Mysql, etc. After a few headaches and a need to reisntall everything, I tried XAMPP for Windows and have been using it ever since. It's easy to install and configure and works just fine for my needs. Give it a try. You can find more information at http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html.
ah ha..
Now this looks cool.
Definitely going to try this out and will post the results.
Even so.. it was probably good for me to take one journey on my own through the cfg process. I did learn a lot since it was my first go at it.
Should I remove apache / mysql / php before running the installer ?
(off to read docs on that site..)