Local host Vbulletin test area how to?

If I wanted to set up a vbulletin test area on my computer am I right in thinking that the best way to go about it would be to

Get an external hard drive and bung linux on it
Bung another program like xampp on it

Then import a back up of my forum, do the VB4 upgrade etc

Or am I way off the mark and there is an easy way to do things.

Im itching to play with VB4, but we also have whats called lucky internet in Spain.
Lucky it works some days

Thanks in advance for any help and feedback guys

I use Wamp Server as a localhost testing area.

Idiot proof software and an idiot installing it

After attempt number 10. I decided to take note of the install instructions. The part that says "turn off all other programs you infidel idiot" or something like that

Turned off my virus programs etc, after a fresh download of Wamp and all seems to be going well.

Nows the fun part of grabbing a back up etc and then sussing the mysql setup.

Thanks for the thumbs up on that Wooster

I use IIS 7.5 on my local

Found that Wamp dont like working if Skype is being run. Getting there, bit by bit.
Just need to find out how to set up the data base, then back up and import my present one.
All makes for a good learning curve
Not as give up and sulk hard as I thought it might be to start with.

I have ran into this same issue. You can open your Skype settings and go to the connections and there should be a box to unclick the using of port 80.

Getting there bit by bit. No idea what buttons Im pressing, but some seem to be doing the right thing.
No point in running before you can walk

The scary thing I found, if I had upgraded the PHP on my server, I would have been having many sweaty moments

Im in love with this server on the PC lark.
Great way of leaning this clever stuff and not killing your forum or data base in the process

Hi ..

And i used wamp but when i like to read thread notyfeme:

Forbidden

You don't have permission to access /forum/ofer-and-free/1756-domain-6-eu-new-post.html on this server.

If you have an htaccess file in your test area, try making a copy, then try deleting that to see if the problem goes away.
Also in admin CP, change your forum home the address shown in your browser bar
I also found that the php version that came with it, I had to go for an earlier version.
I spent a day or two messing about, but got both a copy of my forum and test forum working well on my computer.

RewriteBase /forum/

RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.localhost
RewriteRule (.*) http://localhost/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

still does not work to me ..

Originally Posted by Albadream

#RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www\.localhost
#RewriteRule (.*) http://localhost/forum/$1 [L,R=301]

Try turning the rewrite off, by the above method. Thats how I have mine set up.
No point in having a search engine friendly test bed, if there aint no search engines looking

Originally Posted by Lee G

Try turning the rewrite off, by the above method. Thats how I have mine set up.
No point in having a search engine friendly test bed, if there aint no search engines looking

I turn but nothing hapens ???

Have you tried deleting the htaccess file to see if that works. Make a back up first in case thats not the problem.

I know when I first tried getting my test working, it said that the server was wrongly configured.
I had to go through all the steps one by one.

Does forum home load OK? Just viewing a thread thats causing the problem?

I am not seeing a license assigned to your account. Please open a ticket with your forum URL and transactionid.