Need help Xampp - localhost directing me to dashboard and not proper page.

Question

Im learning php and i just installed xampp. Although everything is working, all my ports are good, when i type in localhost in my web browser, it doesnt direct me to the proper page but rather directs me to the dashboard.
need help.

Answer 1

Just to make it clear, i watched a youtube vid and on it, when the guy typed in localhost, he was directed to a xampp page where you could access different information like security etc

Answer 2

i dont have a project as of yet, im not working on a website. I just installed xampp and watched a tutorial where a guy installed it, started mysql and apache and then typed in "localhost" into the browser and a page appeared. When i type in "localhost" , that same page does not appear although it should. Rather i get directed to the xampp dashboard which is not right.

Answer 3

No i have not, in my htdocs file it contains: dashboard folder , img folder , webalizer folder, xampp folder , web browser file called applications.html
etc.
Should i delete all the files?

Answer 4

i did what you said, i created a notepad file called index.html and saved it htdocs. Now what?

Answer 5

You have a project? Htdocs is your project folder. all your images and php files must be in there