Stuck installing local site

[iceni11]

Hello,


My website on the server is already up and running and I want to make modifications to it on a duplicate 'test' site on my pc. I am following the link below exactly to help set up a local site.



http://www.zen-cart.com/showthread.p...ht=xampp+wampp


All was going well until I got to the the section under Install the Zen Cart Program, in particular the Database Setup. I am being asked to enter the Database Username and Database Password. What do I put in here?? No matter what I enter, it is coming up with the message:

Connection to database failed
Access denied for user 'xxxx'@'localhost'....

I have been trying to get my website set up on local for days now and am struggling to find a decent step by step how to.

Joanna

[torvista]

What do I put in here??

The database name is the name you used to create the database as described earlier in the the post you referenced.
The username and password is the same as that used to access phpmyadmin.

[iceni11]

OK thx, I will try it, but in the meantime when I now log into http://localhost/xampp, I am getting this page when clicking on phpmyadmin



How do I return to the page where I can enter the details in database setup?

[DrByte]

Why are you installing v1.2.x ?

[iceni11]

Why are you installing v1.2.x ?

Err, I was just following the instructions shown in my first post. Have I gone wrong somewhere? I installed what I thought was the most recent version of Xampp from apachefriends.org.

[DrByte]

When you started this post here on the Zen Cart forum, you selected "Zen Cart v1.2.x" from the list of Zen Cart versions. Zen Cart v1.2.x is from 2006. Why are you using such an old version of Zen Cart?

[iceni11]

When you started this post here on the Zen Cart forum, you selected "Zen Cart v1.2.x" from the list of Zen Cart versions. Zen Cart v1.2.x is from 2006. Why are you using such an old version of Zen Cart?

Oh I see what you are referring to. That was an error, I am using v1.5.0 of zencart. Any solution for getting back the database setup page in Xampp? I tried uploading the the Xampp Congrol Panel again but it didn't help.

[DrByte]

Setting up Xampp, or any webserver for that matter, is beyond the scope of Zen Cart. If you need help with Xampp (ie: windows/apache/php/phpmyadmin/mysql), contact the xampp support site.

Zen Cart expects you to have all your database setup completed yourself before you can do the Zen Cart installation. The installation process for Zen Cart is clearly outlined in the /docs/ImplementationGuide.php file included in your Zen Cart files.