I download a live site and installed it in localhost. I am using windows and xampp. I can see home page but if I click on a category page then Magento showing "Object not found!" .
Can anyone say where is the problem ??
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This sounds like you havn't configured your categories / products correctly, or else it should work in the default theme. I'd go a step back, configure your categories & products so they show in the default theme, then switch themes.
Part2:
Normally a homepage will have different widgets showing latest products, imagesliders for promotions and anything else you want there to make the initial customer impression.
You can either edit your existing front page or create a new one, or use a category as the store front.
On the homepage you would have to configure or edit your cms front page via cms -> pages and insert a widget to show products of a certain category
eg:
{{block type="catalog/product_list" category_id="8" template="catalog/product/list.phtml"}}
Or if you wish to make a category your front page, get the category ID of the one you wish top make your store front and go to "System > Configuration > Web > Default Pages" and enter the following for the "Default web url" option: catalog/category/view/id/10 (where 10 is the id of the category).
Check the table 'core_config_data' and seach for paths 'web/secure/base_url' and 'web/unsecure/base_url'. They should point to your local site.
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