Live to localhost mamp tutorial?

  • kikib

    (@kikib)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    Just to understand how I can move the live wordpress website to localhost using MAMP, I tried to find some tutorials and even looked at several questions in this forum. So the steps I need to take is

    1. Download MAMP and follow those steps: http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/how-to-install-wordpress-and-multisite-locally-on-macos-x-with-mamp/

    2. However, you do things different by exporting the database from your hosting server and upload it to your localhost MAMP phpmMyAdmin and copy over the theme folder over to the themes folder in wp-content in which you select this theme in the appearance menu inside wordpress site.

    3. Make sure the database you upload match the database name and stuff in wp-config.php

    Correct? Or is there anything else I should do?

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  • Thread Starter kikib

    (@kikib)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Umm…how do I log on to wp in localhost? isn’t it localhost/wp-admin or what?

    I looked and I found the instructions:

    1. Go to http://localhost/phpmyadmin/ -> Your database -> edit site url to http://localhost

    2. Login to wordpress http://localhost/wp-admin/

    3. Go to settings -> General -> Check if:
    * WordPress Address (URL)= http://localhost/
    * Site Address (URL)= http://localhost/

    4. Go to Setting -> Permalink and then click on save changes

    However, I can’t find site url in my database. Where do I look? I wanted the url to be localhost/example/wp-admin. Is this possible?

    Thread Starter kikib

    (@kikib)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    ok I found the tutorial: http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL

    I found siteurl in wp_options table but I can’t find home field. What should I do?

    Thread Starter kikib

    (@kikib)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Nevermind, I found home field, but the url isn’t working. I put in http://localhost/kikidesignwp in those fields but when I typed in http://localhost/kikidesignwp, it’s not working…

    LyleChamney

    (@lylechamney)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    As MAMP now has a version for Windows, which OS are you using? Mac or Win?

    As MAMP for Windows does not use port 8888 as the default Apache port as the Mac version does, and you cannot access the local site with the links you are using, I am going to ‘assume’ you are on a Mac 🙂

    If this is in fact the case, and you are using the default MAMP settings, then you need to edit the siterul and home fields of the wp_options table to:

    http://localhost:8888/kikidesignwp

    This should allow you to login at:

    http://localhost:8888/kikidesignwp/wp-admin or

    http://localhost:8888/kikidesignwp/wp-login.php

    Once logged in, install and run this plugin to update the other links/URLs of the site:

    http://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/

    — select all options EXCEPT the last one (GUID)

    Once that is done, go to:

    Settings > Permalinks and Save.

    Thread Starter kikib

    (@kikib)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Yes, I’m using mac. Also I changed the ports to 80 and 3306 like the tutorial I provided suggested.

    Lastly, I finally got it to work except that it’s localhost/wp-admin and not localhost/kikidesignwp/wp-admin like I wanted.

    Will it still work if I change the siteurl and home fields to http://localhost:8888/kikidesignwp?

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