XAMPP when configured to port 8080 and hosts file (and WordPress-mu install) issue

Question

I am trying to install WordPress MU in my XAMPP localhost server (that is configured to port 8080).

Using this address in the browser >>http://localhost:8080/wordpress-mu/<< gets this response >>WPMU only works without the port number in the URL.<<

This is the last line in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain

(This points to my IIS7 localhost server not to my XAMPP local host)

I am guessing I need to add another entry in this hosts file to configure this for XAMPP and WordPress MU but am not sure what it should be?

Answer 1

Are you using IIS at all?

If not, just Stop the Server and point your XAMPP to port 80.

If you are, you can do the reverse, just open Default Website properties and in the Website Bindings just change 80 to 8080.

In your XAMPP instalation change the port to 80:

• Open C:\XAMPP\APACHE\httpd.conf
• Search for Listen (default instalation, on line 47)
• Change the port
• Restart Apache