->download cake 1.3 ->then unzip and place it in the www of wamp server ->rename the unzipped folder to cake_1_3 ->in the app folder of wamp the core.php and database.php.default will be present. ->change the database.php.default to database.php and give the login details for the databse. Generally the username is root and the there is no password so leave it blank. ->now when you go to the browser and give http://127.0.0.1/cake_1_3/ you can see that the database connection has been established -> when you just give 127.0.0.1 then you will find cake_1_3 in the my projects area. ->Now there will be a error thaat module rewrite is not activated this you have to do by going to the wamp server at the bottom. Click on that go to Apache and click on modules and tick the rewrite module. Once done dont forget to restart the services in the apache wamp server. -> now you can go to the browser and find that everything appears in green.