Multiple WP sites via MAMP

  • abrunettin

    (@abrunettin)


    9 years, 8 months ago

    I am BRAND new to WP so bear with me please.

    Thanks to lynda.com I was able to get started with getting my feet wet with MAMP and WP and get to the point where I could finally begin to construct my new site. Feeling cocky I decided to get started in the same fashion with preparing the groundwork for putting together my wife’s site for her business. Surely that would be possible, right? And sure enough, ask Google a question and the first hit was:

    https://www.ostraining.com/blog/wordpress/how-to-run-multiple-local-wordpress-sites-on-a-mac-using-mamp/

    Seemed straight forward enough so I followed it step by step. Everything went fine until I started the database creation. I entered the “localhost:888/(sitename)” and got the “Not Found on this server” error. I double checked and I followed these instructions to the letter. Is there a tiny nuance I missed? Can’t imagine why the localhost URL isn’t connecting.

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  • respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    I would suggest not to mess with phpMyAdmin if you are not sure what to do. If you see the list of databases in phpMyAdmin, you can remove the database you created by clicking the command “Drop database” and create a new one. Now, delete the ‘wordpress’ folder from htdocs and download a fresh copy of WordPress and put it in htdocs. Then go to http://localhost:8888/wordpress/.

    As for updating phpMyAdmin, read this guide.

    Thread Starter abrunettin

    (@abrunettin)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    ThankyouThankyouThankyou.

    This will all be worth it, right?

    respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    Yes, it will be. 🙂

    Thread Starter abrunettin

    (@abrunettin)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    🙂

    My databases are dropped and my fingers crossed

    thx

    Thread Starter abrunettin

    (@abrunettin)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    Just so y’all know. I first tried updating the phpMyAdmin via that site @respectyoda provided. It was an unholy mess. I followed it, deliberately, step by step and when I tried going to MAMP and the php I got a big, ugly yellow and red error message. It was so convoluted a process I just said nuts and trashed MAMP entirely and started ALL over.

    I’m happy to say that improved everything. Tho I did make a stab at the php update again I got so far as looking for the “appsolute” folder and, gosh, it doesn’t appear to exist in the current MAMP. So I stopped that nonsense.

    BUT, big news is I was able to create the two distinct databases for my two sites without much of a hitch! I can’t imagine what I did differently this time but everything showed up as they were supposed to.

    Thanks again.

    respectyoda

    (@respectyoda)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    No problem! I am glad all is working now. Your persistence paid off! 🙂

    Thread Starter abrunettin

    (@abrunettin)

    9 years, 8 months ago

    Yes. Well put. Exactly what my mind-set was through the whole thing. Just didn’t want to give up.

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