Title: Local install problems
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Local install problems

 *  [teejayuu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teejayuu/)
 * (@teejayuu)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-install-problems/)
 * I have installed WP locally as I want to work on a theme that I am creating. 
   However, when I try to click a link I am taken to the the directory listing. 
   For example – to show all the posings in the Personal cat the URI is showing 
   as
    `http://localhost/TeeJayUu/blog/?cat=5` if I type in the address bar `http://
   localhost/TeeJayUu/blog/index.php?cat=5` it works OK. I have been told it may
   be down to the .htacess file which I have created under localhost/TeeJayUu/blog/
   and changed RewriteBase to /TeeJayUu/blog/ but this still hasn’t changed things.
   My .htaccess file is: # -FrontPage- IndexIgnore .htaccess */.??* *~ *# */HEADER**/
   README* */_vti* <Limit GET POST> order deny,allow deny from all allow from all
   </Limit> <Limit PUT DELETE> order deny,allow deny from all </Limit> AuthName 
   [http://www.teejayuu.co.uk](http://www.teejayuu.co.uk) AuthUserFile /home/teejayuu/
   public_html/_vti_pvt/service.pwd AuthGroupFile /home/teejayuu/public_html/_vti_pvt/
   service.grp # BEGIN WordPress <IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase/
   TeeJayUu/blog/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}!-
   d RewriteRule . /index.php [L] </IfModule> # END WordPress I really would like
   to get this solved so I can test my theme Thanks TJ

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 *  [Kafkaesqui](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kafkaesqui/)
 * (@kafkaesqui)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-install-problems/#post-372791)
 * Note this is not a WordPress installation problem. It’s related to the DirectoryIndex
   directive on your web server. Try adding this line to your .htaccess:
 * `DirectoryIndex index.html index.htm index.php`
 *  Thread Starter [teejayuu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teejayuu/)
 * (@teejayuu)
 * [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-install-problems/#post-372937)
 * Thanks for the suggestion, i have tried that but it still doesn’t work. I also
   have a html website on the local host and this works properly. The .htaccess 
   was created manually from the live site and am unsure if these lines are affecting
   it:
    `AuthName teejayuu.co.uk<br /> AuthUserFile /home/teejayuu/public_html/_vti_pvt/
   service.pwd<br /> AuthGroupFile /home/teejayuu/public_html/_vti_pvt/service.grp

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 * [htaccess](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/htaccess/)
 * [installation](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/installation/)
 * [local](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/local/)

 * In: [Installing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/installation/)
 * 2 replies
 * 2 participants
 * Last reply from: [teejayuu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/teejayuu/)
 * Last activity: [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-install-problems/#post-372937)
 * Status: not resolved

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