Move from server to localhost issue

[thadunno]

Hi,

 

I am trying to move my current Prestashop install on a server to a localhost so I can have a play around with some things without effecting the site itself.

 

I have installed XAMMP on the local machine. I have copied the entire contents of the htdocs folder from the server into the correct place on my localhost.

I exported the database from the live site using MySQL, replaced all references to the live site with localhost and imported it into MySQL on my localhost.

I have edited config/settings.inc.php to reflect the config changes.

 

When I go to localhost/sitename/ I get redirected to the XAMPP front end.

When I go to localhost/sitename/adminXXXX I get the login page for the back office, but when I try to log in with the same account that is set up on my live site the page just seems to refresh and asks me to log in again. It doesn't give me any errors (eg Invalid e-mail address, Invalid password) and I can see my email address under ps_employee in the database, so I can see it is present.

 

I followed these instructions but I must have done something wrong somewhere. Could anyone advise me of what to try next?

 

Thanks

[thadunno]

Nevermind, I had made a mistake in linking it to localhost rather than localhost/sitename. My bad!