Need Help!!!! Desperately

[dcoates]

I am trying to use joomla. I am new to this stuff, I want to try it out. I am running windows vista I have got apache 2.2, php 5.2.5 and joomla 1.0.14 I follwed the instructions from www.the sitewizard.com to install apache and php But when it dosen't seem to work for me don't know where I went wrong but ate the end of all the set up I should be able to type in http://localhost/directory/ and I should see text that reads <?php phpinfo(); ?> but instead all i get is HTTP 404 error. I did the steps to find out my problem and it must be in my set up between apace and php.


can anyone tell me what to do? or is there a simpler way to use this joomla stuff.

Thanks to all Doug

 

[port5900]

yea i can help, uninstall all that stuff and install XAMPP
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
its the same thing just with a better easy installer

I suggest you install it to your C: or root drive and not your programfiles. I think the default will be to install to your root i dont remember.
After installing on you tool bar will have the control panel (or start it from the Start menu)
hit start Apache and start mySql. Then go to localhost. You can see it running and check the stats.
Next install your CMS in c:/xampp/htdocs/xampp and you should be good to go



plz hit the lil blue check mark on the top right if my post was useful.

 

[dcoates]

I have it installed to C: / not in my program files. Do I need mysql or is what I have fine? I am new to this stuff and may seem dumb with it. I am not the kinda guy to read much on it I like to jump in with both feet and go, figure things out as I go. but if I get this thing installed I should have no problems after that.

 

[leafypiggy]

are you hosted on x10? if you are, you can use the Cpanel install for joomla, its automated.

 

[port5900]

Yea he can just install it on x10, but if hes like me he probably wants to snoop around the CMS it self and see where files are going and being written. Plus if there is ever server downtime and so on he can still program. And its just good to see how things work even if your not going to be programing on your computer.

@dcoates
Sometimes thats the best way to learn things.
XAMPP Windows version contains: Apache, MySQL, PHP + PEAR, Perl, mod_php, mod_perl, mod_ssl, OpenSSL, phpMyAdmin, Webalizer, Mercury Mail Transport System for Win32 and NetWare Systems v3.32, Ming, JpGraph, FileZilla FTP Server, mcrypt, eAccelerator, SQLite, and WEB-DAV + mod_auth_mysql.

Everything is already set up and ready to run. install joomla and that should be it.

And here is some doc's on the program:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/faq-xampp-windows.html

 

[dcoates]

how do I use cpanel joomla? and how can I install joomla on my comp? I am totally lost but really want to learn.

Thanks for the help so far guys.
Edit:
Ok so I uploaded joomla files to my site and installed that way. when I was done it said to remove the files from there so I did. Then I uploaded the files of my template to my site. Now I get this error "FATAL ERROR: register_globals is disabled in php.ini, please enable it!". How do I fix this?