Decided to check out Magento, so I downloaded the sample data
and Magento CE
. I installed the sample data and CE locally using WAMP
.
Everything went smoothly, but when I go to view the frontend, it seems the main images are missing(see below). Also any links I click on, I get a Not Found
message:
Not Found Error
looks like this :
The requested URL /magento/accessories/eyewear.html was not found on this server.
Anyone else have a similar problem in the past? I'm perplexed as to how to correct this?
I tried reinstalling but got same result.
Thank you for your time. George
Best Answer
About Image Problem
Most probably, you may forget to merge the folders that is available in sample data (media, skin) folder with Magento's default
media
,skin
folder. If you didn't do that, please merge those folders.If you did that step, then you need to check the permission of
media
folder. You need to have bothread & write
(777) permission for this folder. Set that permission tomedia
folder.About Page Not Found Problem
Most probably, it is
modRewrite
issue. First you need to check whether this url works for youPlease note the insertion of
index.php
inside the url. If the above url actually "finds" the page, then it is surely amodeRewrite
issue. You can fix it using following steps.step 1: Go to to your site root folder and you can find the
.htaccess
file there. Open it with a text editor and find the lineJust replace it with
step 2: Then go to your admin panel and enable the Rewrites(set yes for Use Web Server Rewrites). You can find it at
step 3: Remove all cache of your site. For this, remove all content that comes inside
var/cache
folder. Don't worry about this step.It is safe. This is where magento cache files are hold.For more details, go through this post.