Title: Hosting Question – Mac
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Hosting Question – Mac

 *  [harp21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harp21/)
 * (@harp21)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-mac/)
 * Ive purchased a domain, got my page started, now am looking to get it online.
   Was looking at:
    [http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml](http://www.hostgator.com/shared.shtml)
   for service. It shows Linux webhosting & Windows webhosting. Im running WordPress
   using MAMP on my MacBook. Will I have any troubles uploading it? Should I select
   Linux hosting, or do I need to get a Mac specific host? Also, will a Shared plan
   be sufficient to run a review blog? S.

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 *  [aslee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aslee/)
 * (@aslee)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-mac/#post-674087)
 * I do the reverse a lot of the time – I host on a PowerMac but I do a lot of fiddling-
   around on a Linux box. I copy the WordPress install back and forth without any
   trouble.
 * You <i>might</i> have to make a tiny change to your wp-config.php, as per the
   [Warker instructions (step 13)](http://warker.com/2006/09/16/wordpress-os-x-install-tips/).
   More than likely, you changed it for MAMP and have to change it back now.
 * I’m not 100% familiar with how hard they stack the boxes at Hostgator, but a 
   shared plan is probably enough for the immediate future, and then some. I’m sure
   they’ll be more than happy to help you with migration if you grow big enough 
   to need a dedicated box.
 *  [macsoft3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsoft3/)
 * (@macsoft3)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-mac/#post-674089)
 * >Should I select Linux hosting
 * Yes. Linux is a very common OS for servers. Windows OS is way more common than
   Mac OS. Some people use Windows servers so that they can use FrontPage extensions.
   There is no point of your getting Mac OS server unless you need to run Mac applications
   online.
 * >Shared plan be sufficient to run a review blog?
 * Yes.
 * In case you need to know, we do use Mac OS, and our shared server uses Linux.
 *  Thread Starter [harp21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harp21/)
 * (@harp21)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-mac/#post-674090)
 * Okay sounds good!
    This will be my first site so its a bit of a learning curve…
   How do I go about uploading the site? Is there a certain file directory that 
   needs to go? Or do I just copy the whole WP file so that it can run online? Ive
   got the feeling its got somethign to do with mySQL, but im not sure what… S.
 *  Thread Starter [harp21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harp21/)
 * (@harp21)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-mac/#post-674091)
 * Sorry, one more…
    What about synching the site online & the one on my computer?
   S.
 *  [macsoft3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macsoft3/)
 * (@macsoft3)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-mac/#post-674093)
 * WordPress is blog software. It’ll let you write an online diary. After installing
   WP, all you do is access your blog with an Internet browser to write articles.
   Of course, you can embed graphics, though.
 * Building a website is a totally different story. Basically, create a folder and
   build a website inside it. There are popular web applications like Adobe Dreamweaver,
   Adobe GoLive and MS FrontPage (Windows only) that will let you write HTML with
   ease. You can review it with a web browser. When finished, upload all files and
   folders into your server through FTP.
 * You don’t have to touch your MySQL databases.
 *  Thread Starter [harp21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harp21/)
 * (@harp21)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-mac/#post-674094)
 * Im running wordpress at the moment on my computer, hosting it myself you could
   say. Ive started building the blog, ie site, offline.
    I want to put it online
   once its got some content & been tested a little bit. S.
 *  Thread Starter [harp21](https://wordpress.org/support/users/harp21/)
 * (@harp21)
 * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-mac/#post-674160)
 * Its going to be an affiliate blog, so I want to work on the format before putting
   it out there
    S.

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