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[theprofessor Friend theprofessorJoin date: March 2009Posts: 365Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 47 Thanked: 64 times in 18 posts]

#141672

I am curious. I have a site that I was working on my localhost.

Now i want to start a new site on localhost. Can someone explain to me what I need to do?

I’m using WAMP.

[Phill Moderator PhillJoin date: February 2014Posts: 7013Downloads:40Uploads:77 Thanks: 917 Thanked: 2206 times in 1818 posts]

#306782

Just create a new folder in c:wamp/www (or wherever you have installed wamp)

Then create a new database in phpmyadmin and you are set to go.

[theprofessor Friend theprofessorJoin date: March 2009Posts: 365Downloads:0Uploads:0 Thanks: 47 Thanked: 64 times in 18 posts]

#306784

Thank-you good sir! 🙂

Worked like a charm.

[merseyman Friend merseymanJoin date: January 2010Posts: 3Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#329662

This sounds just what I need, but I’m using XAMPP.

What do I need to do with that to set up multiple sites?

I’m very new to XAMPP and Joomla so I will need some more detailed explanation than the above.

I tried to do this by just creating a second folder under htdocs, but then discovered that they use the same database.

Please be patient. 🙂

[Phill Moderator PhillJoin date: February 2014Posts: 7013Downloads:40Uploads:77 Thanks: 917 Thanked: 2206 times in 1818 posts]

#329663

Unfortunately, I use WAMP instead of XAMPP so I cannot help.

[merseyman Friend merseymanJoin date: January 2010Posts: 3Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#329715

Thanks for replying. I appreciate it may not be the same. There is one more point you may be able to help with though.

I have gone into MySql, phpMyAdmin and created a new database. How do I then link my Joomla stuff to that new database?

Or am I way off track?

Thanks

[merseyman Friend merseymanJoin date: January 2010Posts: 3Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#329966

<em>@phill luckhurst 160910 wrote:</em><blockquote>Unfortunately, I use WAMP instead of XAMPP so I cannot help.</blockquote>

For those using XAMPP I found this which may be helpful

http://www.ardamis.com/2005/08/11/xampp-apache-namevirtualhost/

[tkc12 Friend tkc12Join date: May 2008Posts: 72Downloads:0Uploads:3 Thanks: 14 Thanked: 4 times in 1 posts]

#330227

Hi merseyman,

Now you have created two databases, you need to note the username, password and database name as these are the details needed for Joomla installation.

What I do is that I create another folder for another site under htdocs. For example, site2. SO the URL is http://localhost/xampp/site2

Just proceed with the above and enter the respective database details and your second site will be up in no time.

[vicky92 Friend vicky92Join date: June 2012Posts: 1Downloads:0Uploads:0]

#456435

I’d like to setup another store on mylocalhost using wamp.My first installation uses magento’s sample data, so I still have to setup a store on my own.In my existing installation, I’ve stored the catalog of sample data under i.e. c:/wamp/www/magento/media.

I see your post about the need to create another folder under c:/wamp/www and to create another database. Now should I create another folder, say megento_2 under c:/wamp/www? Which files would under magento_2 for magento to work?

Shall greatly appreciate if you could explain a bit more or outline the steps as I’m really new to all this.

Thanks a heap!

[Saguaros Moderator SaguarosJoin date: September 2014Posts: 31405Downloads:237Uploads:471 Thanks: 845 Thanked: 5346 times in 4964 posts]

#456602

Hi there,

If you wanna install a new magento site in your localhost, you can follow these steps:

– Create a new folder inside c:/wamp/www I suppose you name it ‘magento2‘

– Create a new database for this site

– If you use our quickstart package with sample data, just copy all files/folders inside this package to ‘magento2‘ folder you’ve created

and you can follow installation process now.

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