Title: Local Dev with subdirectories?
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Local Dev with subdirectories?

 *  [Jason McArtor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jasonmcartor/)
 * (@jasonmcartor)
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-dev-with-subdirectories/)
 * Is there a preferred method for setting up a local multisite installation, using
   subdirectories? I prefer to use subdirectories, rather than subfolders on my 
   production sites and from my understanding this can get hairy on a local setup.
   I have set up local multisite installs using subfolders.

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 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-dev-with-subdirectories/#post-4911482)
 * > I prefer to use subdirectories, rather than subfolders …
 * Do you mean Sub_domains_? A sub directory and a sub folder is the same thing 
   🙂
 * I edit my etc/hosts file to point the subdomains to the location of my main domain,
   so ipstenu.dev and foo.ipstenu.dev are all pointing to the same place 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [12 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/local-dev-with-subdirectories/#post-4911482)
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