help with hmvc routing

[eluser]bill19[/eluser]
Hi everyone,

I am experimenting by following http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/php/hv...pplication

I've got it working up to the login screen. my development system runs on wamp and to get it to run correctly I have port 8888 inserted into the url like this:

http://localhost:8888/hmvcExample/index....gin/signup.

as opposed to:

http://localhost/hmvcExample/index.php/login/signup

The problem is that when I use the apps internal navigation it defaults to the latter:

http://localhost/hmvcExample/index.php/login/signup - generating a Unable to connect error.

I have set

$config['base_url'] = 'http://localhost:8888/hmvcExample/';

to no avail.

Does anyone know how to include the 8888 port automatically within the url?

Thanks in advance,

Bill