localhost WordPress not applying changes to site

  • cfeuerhelm

    (@cfeuerhelm)


    9 years, 10 months ago

    Yesterday I used MAMP and installed wordpress to my mac. Today I purchased a new theme and I’ve been editing my website in http://localhost:8888/wp-admin/index.php

    However, even though on the local host it says it is saving changes, if I type in my actual web address, it only shows the default website with no changes to it. Then if I go to the non-local host version of w-admin/index.php, that’s the one that actually makes changes to my website. I’m very new to all this, but what is the difference between the localhost version and the website version? Why isn’t the localhost one making changes?

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 10 months ago

    They’re two entirely separate sites. The localhost install is its own installation, it doesn’t “talk” to the live one.

    Assuming you’re using the localhost version to test changes outside of the live site, once you’re satisfied with the changes made to the localhost version, you will need to then make those changes to the liver version separately.

    Thread Starter cfeuerhelm

    (@cfeuerhelm)

    9 years, 10 months ago

    Hm I see, perhaps I don’t understand. What exactly is the point of the localhost install then?

    Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    Volunteer Moderator

    9 years, 10 months ago

    It’s not really necessary, but it’s a great way to test changes made to the live site (particularly theme changes) without viewers seeing your work in progress, so that you can upload one completed design to the live site when you’re satisfied rather than mess around with all the trial and error on the live site itself.

    With that said, I usually only make small tweaks myself, so I make then right on the live site and don’t bother with a localhost installation. If my viewers see me messing up the padding and margins on critical design elements, it’s more fun for them. 🙂

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