url with joomla folder

Question

I have downloaded one joomla live site folder.set up configuration file and database .But it's giving me error sever not found.

actually my url is http://local.host/foldername/

But it takes www.localhost.com/foldername/

what is the problem with my folder?what can i do for it?

Answer 1

Add www.localhost.com to your hosts file to point to 127.0.0.1 .

On Windows it's in C:\\Windows\\System32\\drivers\\etc\\ .