Sorry guys but I'm gonna be a bit rude here.
1. Opensource and your attitudes DO NOT MIX WELL with anybody who is gonna try and help you
2. Web developer and server Administrstor are very different jobs so there is no point in writing your developer experience down here.
3. There isn't a manual - why don't you go and write one?
Wamp works fine when your version of windows is set up correctly to run with it.
SERVERS USE PORTS- if some other program like Skype etc takes the port - there is nothing wampserver can do about it. There is an option on the menu to check this and it will tell you what is using the port .
Sometimes other legitimate programs will be using the port so you need to make your mind up, you cant have two program's using the same port.
Wamp needs port 80 and 3306.
If your wamp icon is green - then Apache and MySQL are running so you don't have this issue.
If it's orange or red , then you probably do- so you do the normal thing and check the log files on the wamp menu.
If your getting a forbidden error it's because your hosts file on windows is wrong.
It's @ c:/windows/system32/drivers/etc/hosts
Delete EVERYTHING in the file and just write
127.0.0.1 localhost
and then save the file. Sometimes due to windows 7 security you will have to move the file to the desktop , edit it , and move it back.
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Wamp doesn't clash with everything- it's a server and it needs ports to run on. So free up those ports.
If your gonna be using windows - learn a few cmd commands to check the system
Start with
Net
Netstat
Ipconfig
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Wamp does a very very good job at installing a http server, Db server, and a server scripting language.
If you don't believe me, take the time to install them seperately and realise the difference.
If wamp does not work straight away, it's because you have some other programs or server components installed seperately or your windows doesn't have all the standard settings.
And there is tons of help on the forum, all this has been answered a million times before, if you don't fully understand an answer- educate yourself , all the words you need to google are in the posts.
Or if you wanna keep your "I am a developer" mentality and shouldn't have to do this , then don't try set up a server, but I think you should have a bit more respect for the software your work depends on.
It's like a car, if you know how it works, you can look after it better- if you don't know and you don't wanna learn, that's fine - but you will pay someone to do it instead of going back to the manufacturer and complaining. And since Wamp is opensource, you don't even have to pay for help, so appreciate it.
Steven Martin
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 02/13/2012 07:49AM by stevenmartin99.