I'm really not sure where the problem lies. I took a copy of my live site (Akeeba Back Core 8.2.0) and restored it on my local machine using Kickstart 7.1.2. Everything seemed to have restored correctly. I tried to access my local installation using XAMPP but couldn't get to the administrator backend. I looked at all of the troubleshooting tips provided at the end of Kickstart and couldn't find the answer to the problem.
After the restoration, I renamed my .htaccess file that was made with htacces Maker (Admin Tools 6.1.7) to a different name. Then I took the htaccess.txt file from Joomla and renamed it to .htaccess . i also changed the RewriteBase line to RewriteBase /joomla/ (because that's where I restored the backup files).
I get an initial white logon screen (see attached). However, after entering my credentials, I'm told "Not Found" (see attached). So, I can't get to the backend.
If I click on the "Go to site home page" link on the logon screen, I'm sent to my live site's Home page - not the frontend page on my localhost.
Is there anything else I should try in order to get my localhost up and running?
