How to run your website on your local PC?

How to run your website on your local PC?

You can try this---> WAMP. Just download from the link based on your OS version. :)

This is the fastest way to setup your website on your local PC. Just install it, then put your CMS folder that you download into the "www" directory that automatically created (usually c:\wamp\www) and open your internet browser, go to the URL : http://localhost . Click on the folder name that you put into the "www" directory and run your index.php/index.html to get started. 

How to make sure your WAMP server is running on your PC?

The WAMP server icon will show on your taskbar. If it's not, then just go to your WAMP folder and double click on  "wampmanager.exe" . If WAMP server is running, the icon show on your taskbar is in green color. Open your internet browser, go to the URL : http://localhost , it should got a list of "Index of /". (p/s: Make sure you restart the services if you make any changes of the website folder)

I prefer WAMP because it already done all the configuration of Apache2, PHP and MySQL . It also included PhpMyAdmin for you to setup your own database. You no need to worry about the configuration. I try to setup Apache, PHP and MySQL manually before and it take a lot of time for the configuration. Need to study a lot the step by step to get the configuration done. Why don't just use server tools to get it done? The most important thing is the result and the purpose is the SAME which I want to run my website on my local PC. Hope you enjoy with it... :)