2 localhost servers conflicting?
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- Veranika Nasan
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1. How does one go about to make MORE than 1 Joomla site in the localhost environment? I ask this
because the many tutorials which I have seen do not address this. For example, in the Lynda.com
tutorials, where they make an explanation about installing Joomla on a WAMP server. In THIS
explanation by them they make a fictitious restaurant site, instruct me to move this downloaded
Joomla installation package folder into the Wamp server's "www" folder, and THEN to simply rename
the downloaded (and unzipped) Joomla install folder to a "restaurant" folder. The result is then
that http://localhost/restaurant gives one "localhost", and
http://localhost/restaurant/administrator gives the admin access page. So, if I want to make
ANOTHER SITE, about "cars" for example, how to make the directory that it is placed in the correct
place/area and working properly?
2. Is it at all possible and FEASIBLE to have two types of servers installed on
the localhost environment, like the WAMP and XAMP server in particular? If it is
in fact possible and workable, will there not be a conflict between them if I look up
"localhost"? Maybe the solution is to just not RUN both servers at the same time?
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Nastasia
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- Mike VanKirk
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I have about 30 Joomla installs on my local at the moment.
I create a new database and place a full Joomla install folder right next to all the others.
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- Veranika Nasan
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Hi Mike.
Will u please make your answer a bit more clear with examples, even maybe using my examples?
How for example, AND at what point, do you do this what u said: "I create a new database and place a full Joomla install folder right next to all the others."
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- James Spencer
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It basically boils to 2 exercises for it to work.
1: Your files and folders
Your localhost directory is called /htdocs or whatever, and I'll assume you know where it is. For example sake, you have
/htdocs/Joomla_RT_Versatility4
/htdocs/Joomla_RT_Replicant2
That is, 2 directories in your htdocs folder which are both independent RocketLauncher packages (files and folders).
2: Your database
Most likely, you will be using phpmyadmin. With phpmyadmin, you can have many many database, just type the new database name in Create Database on the phpmyadmin page. For example, you know have to databases:-
j10_versatility4
j10_replicant2
3: Joomla setup, you would then install each package into the separate databases, by typing their different names in each install.
You may wish to also check out forum.joomla.org as there will be a plethora of information on this. - James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- Veranika Nasan
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Hi everybody.
Special thanx to James for explaining so kindly some aspects that are indeed helpful!
Now back to my problem ...
I hope you guys can help me as I am just about ready to quite on
Joomla since I CAN NOT get it to run on my localhost environment. Is
there MAYBE a configuration conflict with Xampp and uTorrent? I run
uTorrent on this computer, and torrents are downloading 24hours a day
... I ask this just as a long shot since I think I remembered that
Xampp uses port 80, and its possible that uTorrent uses the same
port. How to check which program uses which port, and then how to fix
it if both use the same port?
Below I paste my two latest errors that I encountered when I tried to
install Joomla on Xampp. Note that I successfully before installed
WAMP and Joomla, but I had the problem too later as described in a
previous posting of mine where I couldn't change templates at all. I
alos got the same type of "time out" readings in this WAMP install as
what I got for the Xampp install, except that there in WAMP the time
knockout limit was 30 seconds, as opposed to XAMPP's 60 seconds
knockout limit.
I run Windows XP, SP2 on this computer.
Regards - Last Edit: 16 years 5 months ago by Veranika Nasan.
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- Veranika Nasan
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Hi.
My problem still isnt solved; for a complete additional discussion plse check out the thread on the official Joomla forum at: forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=433&t=3...0&p=1477642#p1477642
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- Kat05
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hi veranika!
i did setup a local server following a really nice video tutorial on www.veoh.com .
it was called "Installing XAMPP & Joomla! 1.5" and published by "slogen123". i cant find out the link right now, since veoh.com is no longer available here in egypt.
they mention that skype sometimes causes problems with the installation because of the same ports, but they also show how to fix that problem.
i am running 6 different installs on my pc (windows vista) without any problems. the video explains how to set up the database through myphp and then do the joomla install. if you want more than one install, just repeat the steps in the tutorial.
hope i could help!
oh, here is the link to my post on joomla.org where i asked about the multiple install on a xampp server...
forum.joomla.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=291038
it also includes the link to the above mentioned video tutorial.
good luck!!!!
- Last Edit: 16 years 5 months ago by Kat05.
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- JEM
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If you've got Windows, XAMMP works well.
This video will get you up and running in about 20 minutes.
www.veoh.com/videos/v1802750A7Mnpe7z
Note: the video *should* get you up and running in 20 minutes.
But, in my case, once installed I couldn't access the first screen.
I uninstalled and reinstall about a dozen times.
Long story short, you may have some software that is using ports XAMPP needs to function, MSN, Skype, ect.
Along with SP3 firewall settings, virus software etc, you may run into problems.
Finally, after almost giving up, I installed it in Safe Mode without networking, XAMPP got all the ports it wanted and the install went off without a hitch.
When I rebooted, everything worked, I've got 22 sites running on it now.
Check out the screen shots for adding databases / more installs.
After following the screen shots if you pointed your browser to localhost\08-12-my_new_joomla, the install screen would appear and you could install the new template. - Thanks,
jim
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- Robert Hockersmith
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Just wanted to say thanks for this great information about installing multiple instances of joomla sites on a localhost.
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