Background

Most of you might have installed Skype in your machines, isn’t it? That’s cool, but now if you install Wamp server in the same machine, there will be some problems. It is just because both Wamp server (Apache) and Skype uses the same port for the operations. So how we can solve this? Here we will discuss that.

Port Conflicts Between Wamp Server And Skype

Here we are going to change the port of Skype. To do that Open your Skype application. Go to Tools–> Options. Click on advanced options from the left side and click on connection tab. Now you can find an option which says Use port 80 and 443 as alternative for incoming connections. Please un check that box and click on save.

Skype And Wamp Server Port Issue Options

Skype And Wamp Server Port Issue Port

Now restart your skype to make sure that the changes has been applied. In this way we can resolve the conflicts between apache server and Skype in our windows machine.

Conclusion

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Background

Yesterday I downloaded and installed WampServer in my local machine. Unfortunately, when I tried to start WampServer, it was not starting at all. I tried all the feasible solutions. I restarted my machine, I closed and re-opened the machine. I did all the options. But the result was always the same. Finally I discovered the solution to resolve this issue. Basically I am a Software Engineer with hands-off experience in Microsoft technologies, so I installed Visual Studio 2010, 2012 and 2013 in my system. As you all know, to work with Visual Studio we all must install IIS in our system. Am I right? So I installed that too. The software was in my system for a long period of time.
Now I installed WampServer in my system. Any server needs a separate port to listen with. And if any of other is using the same port, it won’t work correctly.

Wamp Server And IIS

What a selfish character, right? We are all in a world where we share everything (including knowledge, money, food and so on) but the software does not have this character. They are selfish.

Selfish

So we can’t change their character. Let it be! We will try for an another solution. Here I will share two solutions.

Solution 1: Changing the port

In this solution, we will change the port assigned for WampServer. Let us see how to do that. If you installed WampServer in your machine, you can find an icon in your tool bar. Just click on that icon.

Changing the port in Wamp Server

Click on the httpd.conf under the Apache server section. Now you will get a file opened as follows.

Edit httpd.conf In Wamp Server

From the file, please search for 80Listen and replace 80 with 8080. That’s all. Now if you restart your WampServer, everything will work fine.

Solution 2: Stopping the IIS

If the preceding solution does not work in your case, you can stop IIS in your system. To do so you need to use the preceding procedures.
Go to the command window (you can use Window+R as a shortcut) and type cmd and press Enter.

Command Window

After pressing Enter, you will get a window as in the following.

Reset IIS In Windows

Now if you follow the command as shown in the image, your IIS will be stopped.

Stop IIS In Windows

What you need to do next is, check which one is using port 80. To check, please click on the Apache -> Service -> Test Port 80.

Test Port 80 In Wamp Server

Now you will get output as follows, if everything is fine.

Port 80 Test Result In Wamp Server

Then it is time to run your local host.

Localhost In Wamp Server

Click on the phpinfo(), so that you can confirm there are no errors.

Phpinfo Errors

That is all, we have done it.

Conclusion

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Point of interest

Solutions if your WampServer is not starting, WampServer and IIS conflicts, WampServer and IIS, Windows IIS.

Kindest Regards
Sibeesh Venu

Background

A Few days ago, my friend Gaurav Arora suggested that I change my static website (www.sibeeshpassion.com) to a dynamic one. Thank you so much for giving me the idea, Gaurav. Therefore, I thought of changing my normal HTML pages to WordPress posts. Since I am completely new to the term PHP and WordPress, I thought to give it a try locally. Hence, I began configuring everything on localhost.

Configuring WordPress

Before we start, please ensure that you have downloaded and installed the Wamp Server and WordPress. You can download them from the following links.

Download wordpress

Download wamp server

Now, you can follow the preceding procedure. Let us categorize the procedure into the following three points.

Setting Up Database

To configure a database in your Wamp Server, please use the preceding procedure.

Step 1

After installing the Wamp Server, you can find a new icon on your Toolbar. Just click on it and now click localhost.

Step 2

Now, you will get a new window as shown below.

Next, click on phpmyadmin.

Step 3

Now, you will get the phpMyAdmin section as shown in the following screenshot.

Now, click on the database tab and type your database name and click on Create. That’s all we need to do to create a database successfully.

Creating user

Here is the procedure for creating a user.

Step 1

Start with clicking on the user tab.

Step 2

Fill in the required details.

Once you have filled it in, please click on the Go button. Now, using this, we have created a user for our WordPress.

Configure WordPress

Now we have done all the required settings to configure WordPress. So, let’s start with configuring WordPress.

Type your WordPress folder name that you have pasted in the www root of the Wamp Server.

Your URL looks as follows: http://localhost:80/wordpress/wp-admin

Here, WordPress is my folder where I have the WordPress files. When you follow that link you will get a window as follows.

Step 1

Now select your language and click on continue.

Step 2

Now we will provide the database and user details. To continue, please click the “Let’s go!” button.

Step 3

Now, the next step is to edit our wp-config file.

Once you edit that file, move to the next step.

Step 4

Now, please fill the form.

Note: You need to use the database and user that we already created in the first step.

Step 5

If you submit the preceding form, you can see a message as follows.

Now click “Run the install”.

Step 6

Now, provide the password and other necessary details. Once completing that, you will get a message as follows.

Step 7

Now, to check whether our installation is correct or not.

If the things are fine, you will get a login page. Now you can login and start using your WordPress and enjoy.

Conclusion

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Kindest Regards
Sibeesh Venu

Points of interest

Set up WordPress in your local Wamp Server.
Wamp server.
Localhost.
WordPress set up.
Installing WordPress in Wamp Server.