Hi there. I have new Windows 8 laptop (don't ask) and I am trying to get moodle on it . Previously on Win 7 I used a wamp server and Git successfully so I do know how to do it. However, I couldnt get Wamp servr to work with Win 8 so I thought I would try with Xampp which I have never used before. Xampp appears to work (well the Apache and Mysql are green anyway) and I made a database, downloaded Moodle, but when I type in localhost/moodle I get "object not found". I tried going straight to the instal.php file in my moodle folder but when I put that into the browser I got the install file as a text version. I am obviously missing something related to connecting the Xampp server to Moodle but I haven't a clue what and would be grateful for any help (And before I get any snide comments, the plan is to have a Ubuntu local host Moodle sometime soon!)
by Mary Cooch.
