I have installed Joomla 1.5 and WAMP server for testing. When I reinstaled WAMP, it updated the default php home page. I have uninstalled both apps, deleted all the directories then reinstalled. Howver every time I reinstall and then bring it up in a browser /localhost/ it defaults to the WAMP page.

I want it to default to the default Joomla page. What other files, registry pointers etc do I need to delete to change it back?

Im only new to this CMS, so please be gentle.

melbuurn writes...

/localhost/

Try http://localhost/index.php.

If that works (ie, shows the Joomla page), you'll need to edit the DirectoryIndex setting in the Apache config file. My guess is it has index.html before index.php so just move index.php to be the first entry.
Either that or you've installed Joomla into a sub-directory or somewhere else outside the web root.

hi,

tried that, no good.
just defaults to the WAMP homepage, which I d/l from www.en.wampserver.com

Problem is, I cant remember what I set the mySQL dbase root password to either, so I cant even play with that.

Is there a way I can do a master uninstall and clean so I can start fresh?

Sorry I can't help you further, I've never used WAMP / XAMP / TRAMP / GUITARAMP / et al.
Why don't you try installing and configuring Apache, PHP and MySQL manually? It's lots of fun and you'll learn about all the different configuration settings.
Either that or grab a copy of Ubuntu and install Apache, PHP, MySQL and phpMyAdmin (which is what I do these days).

edit your httpd.conf and check that the DocumentRoot and the Directory definitions are pointing to where joomla is installed

might just do the manual installs of the 3 packs.....i did this when i did the web server module back at Uni, on Red Hat 7.3

Is there any benefit to using Ubuntu over RH 9 or enterprise?

I was hoping to run all this on a W2k3 box because I also want to run an exchange server on the same box. Might have to look at a seperate box for this and then run exchange or suregmail on another box

Sorry, when you said you were running WAMP I assumed it was a DEV box. Don't know many people who run production *AMP setups on Windows boxes.
For production stuff, RHEL is probably better than Ubuntu Desktop but there's always Ubuntu Server. It all comes down to what you're used to I guess.