wordpress version 4 and mamp pro 3.0.7.2 (with coda 2.5)

  • Resolved ChantalRodd

    (@chantalrodd)


    9 years, 6 months ago

    I am not sure if I can say I am a noob anymore? I have battled for more than 2 monts with this.

    I will use coda 2 to edit wordpress theme templates. I am trying to install wordpress 4 with mamp pro 3.0.7.2

    Hi peeps.

    I have been in almost every forum i can think of, stack overflow, webmaster forum, this one as well, looked at i think ALL the tutorials I could get my hands on, read ALOT of blogs ect, and STILL I can not get this right? Mamp pro help has helped me get mamp pro up and running with some tips here and there. But I dont understand this?

    Okay. I have done the following:

    Installed wordpress version 4. Put it under application/mamp/htdocs.
    renamed it wordpress-4 (as most tutorials say this)

    go over to mamp pro. create the server name: wordpress-4, under extended I select indexes, includes, followsymlinks and execCGI. And my root directory is mac>applications>mamp>htdocs.>wordpress-4. I save and restart server, they all are green. I click webstart.

    I go to phpmyadmin, I create a database there also called wordpress-4.
    I go to http://localhost:8888/wordpress-4/wp-admin/setup-config.php
    I say let’s go button.

    Then i go here “Below you should enter your database connection details. If you’re not sure about these, contact your host.” There are 5 fields to fill in so I start with the top in order to bottom: wordpress-4, root, root, localhost, wp_ I submit.

    Ps..turorials say if I want to use mamp pro to host multiple site i have to change the table prefix each time to whatever I want … is that correct?

    Error establishing a connection? Okay then they say contact your hosting? Why would I have to contact my hosting to get config details for wordpress version 4 that is free? I dont get this? I have no domain for this wordpress version 4, so who must I contact.

    I do have domains for the people I want to do wordpress sites for and they have been set up with the hosting company in cpanel install. So where do I get the config details for a free wordpress version 4 download.

    Am I understanding this wrong? So I thought. Maybe I dont need the wordpress version for I will do exactly the same with the free wordpress template I want to use to practice on. so I do everything I have done with wordpress-4 instead using naomistakeaway, it has ftp settings and wordpress is installed in pleskdesk with wordpress configs.

    I get the free template from the internet and I downloaded the template and renamed it naomistakeaway.
    I also put it under applications/mamp/htdocs.

    And I do EVERYTHING THE SAME as I have done with the wordpress-4 (free download of wordpress version 4 I renamed)

    So wordpress version 4 now called wordpress-4 has all the files in of the wordpress versione 4 free download
    And wordpress template I downloaded which is a theme i want to use now has the website files etc i would need to play with

    So when I go to localhost:8888 i see the wordpress-4 and naomistakeaway

    When I click on wordpress-4 it takes me to the database connection details, but If i do it with naomistakeaway it is just blank.
    So I saw this, if i select wordpress-4 in locahost:8888 the link in browser changes to “http://localhost:8888/wordpress-4/wp-admin/setup-config.php”

    But when I click on naomistakeaway in localhost:8888 the link stays the same “http://localhost:8888/naomistakeaway/“

    I understand why as wordpress-4 file has a wp-admin file which naomistakeaway (template theme) does not have

    It has taken me so long to try and understand how wordpress works, that all I am asking is some help to install wordpress version 4 named wordpress-4 so I can get pass this PANIC stage that I will never get this right…and i really want to.

    I also have the following links to change the wp-config.php file with the details i need to change for the 5 fields on the database connection etc.

    As I know I need to replace the wp-config-sample.php

    https://api.wordpress.org/secret-key/1.1/salt/

    http://generatewp.com/wp-config/

    Is there any one on this forum that can PLEASE help me to get this to work so I can start breathing again. PLEASE.

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  • LyleChamney

    (@lylechamney)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    I do have domains for the people I want to do wordpress sites for and they have been set up with the hosting company in cpanel install.

    If this is the case, then MAMP Pro is “overkill” ; why complicate things 🙂

    Just use the regular MAMP with the default settings and create each client site in it’s own folder within Applications > MAMP > htdocs. You will of course also have to create each site’s database using phpMyAdmin.

    And again, don’t complicate things; use MAMP’s default database user and password: root and root.

    Also, no need for unique table prefixes.

    So …

    Applications/MAMP/htdocs/client1
    Applications/MAMP/htdocs/client2
    Applications/MAMP/htdocs/client3

    – each gets a complete WP install set of files and folders

    http://localhost:8888/client1
    http://localhost:8888/client2
    http://localhost:8888/client3

    – to access the “front end” of the sites; add /wp-admin to each to get to the admin login 🙂

    Thread Starter ChantalRodd

    (@chantalrodd)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Hi Lyle.

    Thank you for your reply.

    What is the difference with mamp and mamp pro? As the interfaces look different, but they both do the same things dont they?

    LyleChamney

    (@lylechamney)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Their site explains the difference in detail, but the main thing is that Pro allows for virtual hosts, custom Apache configurations, among other advanced features, geared toward those developers who want complete control over the hosting environment.

    For those of us whose primary concern is the site itself, then the regular version is the way to go; no unnecessary complications 🙂

    When the time comes to “go live” for the client, just zip up the local folder and export the database. Upload the zip and extract on the hosting and import the database. Use a plugin or script to update the URLs and re-save the permalinks (if enabled) and you’re done … 5 minutes tops 🙂

    Thread Starter ChantalRodd

    (@chantalrodd)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Hi lyle..do you think you have the strength to help me step by step..?

    It might also help others understand it more, as I hope it’s just not me that is battling to crasp this.

    Where shall I start…would you mind helping please?

    Start just mamp up?

    And what do I do next?

    LyleChamney

    (@lylechamney)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    As there is a 9 hour time difference, I shall have to postpone any further assistance until later in my day 🙂 However, yes, no problem … I will do the best that I am able to get you up and running with MAMP and WP 🙂

    Thread Starter ChantalRodd

    (@chantalrodd)

    9 years, 6 months ago

    Okay, THANK YOU lyle. I really appreciate it.

    In the meantime I will read your reply above again and see how far I get to understanding this process. So if I come across more confusion.

    Thank you for your help.

    Thread Starter ChantalRodd

    (@chantalrodd)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    my password in the config file was not the same as the root password i had in mamp pro, therefore it did not work, I made the changes and I did the installation of wordpress using mamp pro successfully. 🙂

    I am about to try this now with a template.

    LyleChamney

    (@lylechamney)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    Glad to hear you got it sorted! 🙂

    Good luck with the “template” (theme, in WP-speak 🙂 ) and could you please make this thread as resolved.

    Thread Starter ChantalRodd

    (@chantalrodd)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    I must say that to anymone new at trying WordPress, try the following…

    Coda 2.5, WordPress 4 for newbies works better with DesktopServer 3.6.3 (server press)

    Or

    Dreamweaver Cs6, WordPress 4 for newbies works better with DesktopServer 3.6.3

    Mamp Pro 3.0.7.2 is really cool, but it took me a while to figure out how to get it to work
    with Coda or DreamWeaver using WordPress Themes. (grey hairs is appearing)

    Here is what REALLY confused the heck out of me, now I am laughing about it, but when I just could not understand it, it was a tearful situation. 🙂

    If you have NO clue how WordPress Works and like me use to using dreamweaver for the last decade and now you want to understand WordPress and how to edit it like you would have done in a DreamWeaver. Yes understanding what you need to do to install it is A NIGHTMARE. 🙂 ( for me at least it was).

    DW if you used a template you download in root folder and set under new site. You use source code and all other files to edit and add code or take away code. (not talking about WordPress now)

    WordPress source file you cannot edit direct as you would a DW website source file (remember i am still a noob at this). To me the source file if you need changes or want to add things or change things is has to be done in the “customize” theme in “WorpPress” dashboard. You safe and then refresh in DW and view in live view. Then when you open it up in DW or coda 2, you have to make further changes in the style.css and add or take away in other files.

    Here is where I got stuck, in EVERY template you dowload it has to have wp. files to make the template work in Coda or DW. So you would use server press to easily write those wp. files to the root folder and then you ADD your THEME site to wp.content under wp.content you will also find your plugins etc.

    Lol it should look something like this 🙂

    _notes
    dreamweaver.ste
    dw_php_codehinting.config
    index.php (when you activated the theme in WP dashboard it will show here)
    license.txt
    readme.html
    wp-activate.php
    wp-admin
    wp-blog-header.php
    wp-comments-post.php
    wp-config-sample.php
    wp-config.php

    wp-content (this is where your theme must be put in so it will work with wp. files)
    When you click on wp-content the following will show:
    index.php
    plugins
    themes
    upgrade

    wp-cron.php
    wp-includes
    wp-links-opml.php
    wp-load.php
    wp-login.php
    wp-mail.php
    wp-settings.php
    wp-signup.php
    wp-trackback.php
    xmlrpc.php

    With all of this said. This is my first attempt and I have still a lot to learn on how to tweak a WordPress theme the dashboard and in DW style.css ect.

    I just want to add, to me it’s a little bit frustrating to first add everything in the dashboard and then have to view it in DW to make the finishing touches as DW cs6 to me was far more easier to add coding or create the html sites and supporting files.

    But I like a challenge and I think so far I am not doing too bad. 🙂

    One thing I do love is the adding plug ins. Now THAT is easier than having to do the coding by hand in DW with html … really getting to love working with WordPress.

    I hope so far I am right?

    Thread Starter ChantalRodd

    (@chantalrodd)

    9 years, 5 months ago

    Does any one here edit the source code directly in coda 2 or DW? Instead of having to go to the dashboard to make the edits?

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