Zend certified PHP/Magento developer

Fresh Magento 2.4.3 Install only html rendered

So as the title states, after just installing Magento 2.4.3 using the following guide:

https://www.simicart.com/blog/how-to-install-magento-2-localhost/

I was met with just the HTML render of the page, both on the frontend and admin panel.
I tried bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f as per someones instructions.
I have also tried removing the sample data and executing the following commands:

php bin/magento setup:upgrade
php bin/magento setup:static-content:deploy -f
php bin/magento cache:clean

But those did not wield any result either.

As a note, I am very new to Magento (this being my first taste) so the solution might be fairly evident to some but maybe not to me.

Thank you for your help, have a great day!