If you are using the default settings of a default MAMP install, then your URL should normally be:
http://loaclhost:8888/name_of_folder_where_WP_is
For example: http://localhost:8888/wordpress
Following the instructions on that link, your URL for the above to view on your iOS devices would be:
http://your_Mac_IP_address:8888/wordpress
This value would then be entered into the WP URL and Site URL in Settings > General.
Just tried it on my iPad 2 from my Mac Mini and it works great 🙂
Forgot … to get things back, from your MAMP Start Page:
– select phpMyAdmin
– select the WP database from the left pane
– select the wp_options table, then click the Browse tab in the right pane
– edit the siteurl and home fields with the URL noted in the previous post (the one with the IP addy if you want to keep testing on the iPad)
Thread Starter
HKS1
(@hks1)
Hi,
thank you for your reply. 🙂
The settings in MAMP for the Apache is 80 & MySQL Port is 8889
As advised, I have amended my URL to the following in the siteurl & homefields:
http://your_Mac_IP_address:80/wordpress
I am still unable to view on my iMAC or iPad. The following message appears:
Index of /wordpress
Parent Directory
When I click on Parent Directory, the original too many redirects message occurs.
Where am I going wrong?
I cannot get my MAMP to even show the MAMP Start Page when using port 80 for Apache.
Reset the ports the the default MAMP ports try that.
MAMP Dialog > Preferences > Ports > Reset MAMP ports (Apache 8888 and MySQL 8889)
Make sure both servers are running. This works for me.
Of course you will also need to adjust the URLs again in the appropriate places.
Thread Starter
HKS1
(@hks1)
Thank you for your reply.
My Apache server will not start when using the port 8888, only when using 80.
I have managed to get the test web page to appear using my URL:
http://your_Mac_IP_address:80/wordpress
How do I go back to the original wordpress admin/dashboard page so that I can continue to make amendments to the site?
I have attempted to amend the following in the wp-config.php file to get it back to the original settings:
define(‘WP_HOME’,’http://localhost’);
define(‘WP_SITEURL’,’http://localhost’)
As well as amending in the home & siteURL fields of the phpMyAdmin page as follows:
home- http://localhost
siteURL – http://localhost
However the wordpress backoffice/dashboard does not appear.
How can I refer back to the original general settings?
Many thanks.
