WampServer loads my remote site, not local files
Running WampServer on a Windows 7 platform, I can't access my local files. Instead of loading localhost, WampServer loads my remote-hosted site pages. The last time I used WampServer was months ago, and it worked correctly. I've made changes to the system since then, and don't know what went wrong.
ASKER
Thank you for your comment. I try to access localhost by directing my browser to http://localhost/
Yesterday, I modified .htaccess to perform some redirects. However, if I remove .htaccess from my local folder and my server, the behavior doesn't change.
Yesterday, I modified .htaccess to perform some redirects. However, if I remove .htaccess from my local folder and my server, the behavior doesn't change.
What is it you are loading locally - WP, Joomla or something similar? There may be a redirect happening because the base url is set to your live site
ASKER
I was mistaken about .htaccess -- it is causing this issue. I modified it yesterday to redirect certain requests. The pre-modification version allows WampServer to connect to localhost. Can you advise me what I should change in .htaccess so that the redirect remains effective, and localhost is also accessible? Here is the code which I added yesterday:
# redirect requests with www prefix
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mauitradewinds.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ http://mauitradewinds.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# redirect index.htm to the root domain
RewriteRule ^index\.htm$ / [NC,R,L]
# redirect requests with www prefix
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mauitradewinds.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ http://mauitradewinds.com/$1 [L,R=301]
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
# redirect index.htm to the root domain
RewriteRule ^index\.htm$ / [NC,R,L]
That redirects everything that doesn't start with mauitradewinds.com
Try
Try
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^localhost
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mauitradewinds.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ http://mauitradewinds.com/$1 [L,R=301]1ASKER
I get an error: RewriteRule: bad flag delimiters
Here is the revised .htaccess code:
# redirect requests with www prefix
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^localhost
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mauitradewinds.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ http://mauitradewinds.com/$1 [L,R=301]1
# redirect index.htm to the root domain
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.htm$ / [NC,R,L]
Here is the revised .htaccess code:
# redirect requests with www prefix
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^localhost
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^mauitradewinds.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^/?(.*)$ http://mauitradewinds.com/$1 [L,R=301]1
# redirect index.htm to the root domain
RewriteEngine On
RewriteBase /
RewriteRule ^index\.htm$ / [NC,R,L]
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Have you made any changes to your hosts file to do any redirects?