Running a Web Server on Windows. (WAMP)

[MattSmith]

Ever wanted to run a web server on your localhost so you can test your websites before uploading them to a public server? Well its very simple to set up a windows server on your windows computer!

As some of you may or may not know, WAMP stands for Windows, Apache, MySql, PHP or Python(Normally PHP) And thats just what we will install in one quick go with a little piece of very useful software called, coincidentally, Wamp. This piece of software will run your apache, php, and Mysql on your windows computer.

To get the Wamp software, go to the link below and download it.

http://www.wampserver.com/en/

Once you have downloaded the executable. Simply follow the directions. Once its all installed, you can go to the directory at

C:\wamp\www

to edit and add all your new websites! Also, go to the following link for phpMyAdmin

localhost/phpMyAdmin

Hope this helps anyone out. Have any questions ask them here.

[Chad]

How to port forward

[HTML]

To add to sk8er's nice guide, It's suggested to make sure you have nothing blocking port 80. For example, skype can block port 80, if you're running teamviewer it can block port 80. If you need to, exit skype, exit TV and run them AFTER the server has been started.

Great guide (:

Also to access your website (for those of you who don't know) since you installed wamp at "C:\wamp\www"
anything inside the folder "www" can be access by going to "localhost" just type "localhost" in your browser after installing!

[MattSmith]

To add to sk8er's nice guide, It's suggested to make sure you have nothing blocking port 80. For example, skype can block port 80, if you're running teamviewer it can block port 80. If you need to, exit skype, exit TV and run them AFTER the server has been started.

Great guide (:

Also to access your website (for those of you who don't know) since you installed wamp at "C:\wamp\www"
anything inside the folder "www" can be access by going to "localhost" just type "localhost" in your browser after installing!

Or change the port apache watches. Ill add that later.

[Zacheesback]

Nice information . Suprisingly, i've never heard of this program. I use Xampp. Its pretty good. It has a comfortable user interface and runs Apache, SQL(MySQL), Filezilla (FTP SERVER *NOT* client) Mercury(good for SMTP/POP3, HTTP, and a few others )

I'll try Wamp out soon, thanks :]