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I'm trying to install Joomla. I have installed the Joomla files, as instructed, in C:\wamp\www\joomla\. In the Joomla directory there is a directory called installation.

Wampserver 2.5 is online. I'm running win8.1. Thanks in advance for any help.

The error message is: Unable to connect

Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at localhost:8888. The site could be temporarily unavailable or too busy. Try again in a few moments. If you are unable to load any pages, check your computer's network connection. If your computer or network is protected by a firewall or proxy, make sure that Firefox is permitted to access the Web.

The error message is:

Is the browser unable to connect to localhost or is the Joomla install unable to connect to the database? I'm sorry, I can't help with that question....I don't know enough about these technologies.

I get the same error message when I try http://localhost:8888/

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I am assuming the tutorial uses port 8888 but you have not changed wampservers apache to listen on port 8888.

Dont worry its not necessary to do that, just use a standard url like this

http://localhost

and to get to the Joomla use

http://localhost/joomla

When running Joomla it is better to create a Virtual Host to run it in, to be honest its advisable for all your projects.

Here is a post that will help you configure Virtual Hosts on any Apache server but is writtten for WAMPServer specifically.

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