So as I sit here trying to manualy setup and configure a WAMP server A few thoughts cross my mind.  The most pressing one at the moment is WTH is wrong with mySQL (or my server) that’s preventing it from installing and running right on my system.  I’ve tried to get this stupid (yeah not the first word that came to mind but probably the better choice) database server up and running and it keeps hanging on verious steps.  It’s really geting to be quite a pain in the butt.

Which basicly leads to the next question as to why I can’t take the easy road and just download and install a pre-packaged WAMP. It would save me many hours and much aggervation… well at least for now. I mean, I know the reason, as soon as I want to make some form of change to a configuration and not know where it’s at.  I’ll blaim my lack of knowledge on the fact I’m using a package.  Which would then prompt me to want to get another server just so I can play around with things, which would lead me right to moment like this where I’m asking why the stupid thing won’t install ….

Quick Update: As I’m typing this, it did finaly work… Haazaa!!!!!!

… So it doens’t matter if I set things up like this now or later I’m going to eventually run in to the same problems, so better deal with them sooner I guess…. Gerrrr.

Well Now just to figure out the virutual hosting, I know how I need to set up apaches config, well for the most part.  It just the whole folder structure that I’m trying to figure out.  Even though it’s my server, I’m trying to set it up in a way that would mimic how differnt sites would have their own area with thier own FTP and mySQL (and of course phpMyAdmin access). I realize that phpMyAdmin has to be in some sort of default folder for the webserver instead of in the individual site folders, but does that go on the same level as the the vhosts?  Do I make sure that, that folder listens to 127 .0.0.1 only? If it does how would remote users access it? A specific port maybe? hmmmm