Need help with joomla used on localhost

Bodi · 07-16-2009, 03:07 AM

i installed apache2 php5 mysql and all that, after that i got the joomla done all the configuration and stuff and i was able to start my joomla control panel by going to http://localhost/administrator/index.php and it takes me to the control panel of the joomla and i can manage the website and make changes to it but i am not able to open the website to see it when i go to http://localhost it says "It Works !" and as i recall this was showing up when i was setting up the apache to show me that its working and now i don't know how to access and see the website that im making changes to with joomla

Can someone help me find or somehow redirect the http://localhost to point at the website that im building with the joomla so that im able to see what im changing

Please help

sycamorex · 07-16-2009, 03:16 AM

What's in your .htaccess file?

di11rod · 07-16-2009, 03:34 AM

Sycamorex is a skilled troubleshooter, but I think I have the answer.

Go into your web directory (likely /var/www)

and rename the file index.html to OLD_index.html

Joomla has likely put some other file in there called "index" but with a different extension. Apache will pick up the 'index.html' file first and send that out to anyone who requests the root of the web server.

After you rename the index.html to OLD_index.html, the page request (http://localhost) should get handled by your Joomla install.

Best wishes,

di11rod

Bodi · 07-16-2009, 01:41 PM

i already installed the joomla and i can go to the conrol panel but i can't see the website itself, anyways im gonna try what u suggested after i go back home from work

and about the .htaccess file i did no modifications to it its the default one which goes with the joomla

im gonna paste the htaccess file later when i have access to that computer if its really necessary

sycamorex · 07-16-2009, 01:50 PM

Also, make sure that you've got the following in httpd.conf

Code:

<IfModule dir_module>
    DirectoryIndex index.php index.html index.htm
</IfModule>

AFAIK, joomla uses index.php

Bodi · 07-16-2009, 02:12 PM

ok ill check that too when i go back home, anyways any suggestion where the joomla is storing the created website, in which file exactly

sycamorex · 07-16-2009, 02:16 PM

The main page would be index.php but most elements will be scattered around directories as modules.

Bodi · 07-16-2009, 02:19 PM

ok thanks everybody ill try all that when i have access to the PC and if i dont make it work will post here, anyways if u have any other suggestions which might help feel free to share them

sycamorex · 07-16-2009, 02:28 PM

Another possibility:
You might want to check if php is enabled in apache's httpd.conf
To enable it uncomment the following line:

Quote:

# Include /etc/httpd/mod_php.conf

Bodi · 07-16-2009, 02:40 PM

i think i dont have httpd in there i think it was /etc/apache2/apache2.conf i used this "howto" to set up the apache the mysql and the php https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ApacheMySQLPHP all from this tutorial worked except the phpmyadmin , which is not relevant to this problem

sycamorex · 07-16-2009, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bodi

i think i dont have httpd in there i think it was /etc/apache2/apache2.conf i used this...

Yeah, it doesn't matter - /etc/httpd is slackware's. Where did you install joomla? What's the path to joomla directory on your computer? You might want to rename joomla's htaccess.txt to .htaccess

Also I come accross a post where someone said that on localhost and windows hosts joomla needs specifying the main file at the end of the address eg. index.php. I haven't checked it, though.

di11rod · 07-16-2009, 02:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

Another possibility:
You might want to check if php is enabled in apache's httpd.conf
To enable it uncomment the following line:

php is enabled, because he is able to access the administration pages, which are dynamic php.

The problem here is what sycamorex hinted at earlier. The .htaccess has index.html ordered before index.php. This can also be easily fixed by just deleting (renaming) the default index.html file that is placed in the docroot during a fresh apache install.

If you want to check .htaccess, just make sure that index.php is before index.html

di11rod

sycamorex · 07-16-2009, 03:06 PM

Quote:

php is enabled, because he is able to access the administration pages, which are dynamic php.

Oops, silly me.

Bodi · 07-16-2009, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sycamorex

Where did you install joomla? What's the path to joomla directory on your computer?

the path is /var/www/ and also i have the same files in /home/user/public_html due to another tutorial that i went through and i kept them both but i suppose its using the /var/www/ path

Bodi · 07-16-2009, 03:12 PM

yeah before i enabled the php it was asking me to download the index.php file and i guess i have activated it because its browsing it not trying to download it