Create a development environment

  • waddah.ajaj

    (@waddahajaj)


    11 years, 3 months ago

    Hello All,

    I’m new to wordpress. I was recently assigned a task in my company to support and upgrade the company’s running website.
    I have the admin credentials, and the site is up and running, but now I need to create a local development environment to develop and test before deploying live.
    I need help setting up the environment and perhaps a quick introductions on how to develop and deploy changes. I’m familiar with HTML/JavaScript/jQuery/CSS, just new help with the concept of wordpress.

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  • Senff – a11n

    (@senff)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    To get a development environment running on your local machine, there are a few steps to take even before WordPress comes into play. The first steps involve installing a webserver and database.

    Recently I wrote some instructions for that: http://www.marksenff.com/generic/install-wordpress-local-pc-also-one-site/

    It’s written for Windows, but if you have a Mac it should be easy to follow as well.

    Thread Starter waddah.ajaj

    (@waddahajaj)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Thank you for your reply. I did eventually manage to deploy and run wordpress on my machine using Bitnami wordpress plugin.
    I also exported the app and then imported it on my instance.
    My problem now is that I need to copy the theme used in the website to my post. I understand that I can zip all the related files and import them, but I’m not sure what are the exact files, especially that there are a lot of php files used for the theme (I’m not sure if it includes functionality as well, i.e. links and behaviours). What I’m sure of is that it’s not pure css like the demo themes installed with the default wordpress.
    Any guidance will be much appreciated.

    Senff – a11n

    (@senff)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    To transfer a theme from one site to another, copy the directory /wp-content/themes/THEMENAME (including all files inside it) from the original server and paste it on the other.

    To copy the DATA (blog posts, pages, any other settings) from one site to another, you’ll need to do a database transfer.

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