Virtualhost setup on localhost displays indexof

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I'm attempting to set up a virtual host on Windows vista32. I keep getting a listing of the root folder htdocs instead of the site I've setup.

Here's my virtual host entry in Apache httpd-vhosts.conf:

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName site-ashback.co.uk
    ServerAlias www.site-ashback.co.uk
    DocumentRoot "C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Apache2.2/htdocs/site-ashback.co.uk"
        DirectoryIndex index.php
</VirtualHost>

Hosts file:

127.0.0.1               site-ashback.co.uk

None of the examples I've been using have shown a few entries which are present in my hosts file thus:

127.0.0.1       localhost
::1             localhost

These two lines appear after all the commented examples and I've put my entry after these. Does this suggest I should use'localhost' instead of 127.0.0.1?

When I click my site in the listing it takes me to the site properly but the address then reads: site-ashback.co.uk/site-ashback.co.uk/. All I wanted to do is remove the word 'localhost' from local sites addresses when testing so that the path read like the real domain name when we go live.

Your servername is `site-ashback.co.uk` but you try to connect to `ashback.co.uk`. They're not the same. — alvits, Mar 28 '15 at 00:16
just amended it - i shortened the examples manually b4 posting - the problem is still per the amended version — Flim Flam, Mar 28 '15 at 00:23
Did you enable VirtualHosting? The directive is `NameVirtualHost *:80`. — alvits, Mar 28 '15 at 00:33
@ alvits, where do i place this directive please, sorry for my ignorance but i haven't used virtual hosts before. Should i replace the line: with — Flim Flam, Mar 28 '15 at 12:04
ah just noticed that directive is already in the file just above the example blocks ... — Flim Flam, Mar 28 '15 at 12:13
This reply may be a little too late. But I just noticed that your entry is ``. Please try ``. — alvits, Apr 06 '15 at 19:04

Virtualhost setup on localhost displays indexof

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