[Setup] Re: plone on XP: localhost not working

[Jeff Kowalczyk]

giudo wrote:
> alan runyan writes:
>> Start -> run -> cmd
>> ipconfig
>> Find ip address of your ethernet card.
>> Then try to open http://ip.address:8080/Plone
> It doesn't work. Keeps waiting for the address to respond .. 

If you have this instance of Windows XP updated to service pack 2, then
the windows firewall will be blocking port 8080 by default. I presume
that block applies to same-machine requests.

Go to control-panel, switch to category view (if needed), windows
firewall, exceptions, add port..., "Zope" 8080, TCP.

Then enter http://localhost:8080/manage in your browser. If zope is
running, it should return the ZMI.