Hi,
I’ve got an old website that was published with TTG CE3. I just purchased Backlight 3 and am looking to redo the site locally on my Mac (using an AMPPS 3.9 stack) and then upload it once done.
Does anyone have any recommendations on installing Backlight 3 locally? I want to do development locally as opposed to on a web server. I’ve copied all of the install files (including the .htaccess file) to my AMPPS’ www folder and I can get the installer to start. However, when I enter my e-mail/order number, I get an: “The installer was unable to connect to the server. Please wait a few minutes and try again.” error and the Browser DevTools console has a “too many redirects” error.
If I look at my AMPPS Apache log, I see the following:
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET / HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 200 929
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/normalize.css HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/installer/css/styles.css?v=1.0 HTTP/1.1” 200 1936
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/installer/js/scripts.js HTTP/1.1” 200 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /backlight/modules/module-admin/lib/css/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/installer/ HTTP/1.1” 302 -
::1 - - [12/Aug/2020:08:46:32 -0400] “GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1” 302 -
Has anyone had any luck installing Backlight 3 locally?
Thanks!