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How come Facebook’s official wordpress plugin doesn’t scale to work on mobile phones?

Thanks for an answer.

The errors will be raise by a plugin may have a saved location somewhere or cached pages

So how do I solve these errors and redirect the plugin to the appropriate locations?

Hi kgagne.

Thanks a lot for your reply and link.
I’ll check it out, it might be exactly what I was looking for all along.

The vast majority will be using remote hosting rather than trying to run their own local web server.

I understand this, but as written, this is not my goal.

My goal is simple: Make the WordPress 3.4.2 files I downloaded from this website, work on a Mac running the latest version of OS X, and running on my OS X Server.

WordPress has nothing directly to do with MAMP. If you’re serious about setting up your own server, try getting a Linux box.

No I’m not “serious” about setting up my own server in the sense you are probably referring to; (buying a domain and server hardware (and whatnot)).
That would be quite an overcommitment for someone like me who is just eager to try out these WordPress 3.4.2 files on this website.
I already have a Mac, I already have a web server running on my Mac. That should be enough for testing purposes.

And you have been pointed to all the supporting documentation we have. If you need more, try asking on a dedicated MAMP forum.

See that is maybe the key issue here with my request. The WordPress documentation is severely lacking, and ‘The famouse 5-minute installation’ is making a joke about it.
Again: I got a Mac and Mac’s native server.app, and I’m running the latest versions of the latest software, and all I want is to put WordPress on my webserver and get started, but the documentation is not there or lacking.
If WordPress is serious about getting “newbies” like me to be able to create blogs/websites, then it should be in their interest to try to guide people like me. Plan-B for us is a googling hell, that my friend went through.

Have you thought about getting a free wordpress.com account

Yes I have one, and have toyed around with it as well, but from my understanding there is a lot of things you can’t do unless you have it on your own server (installing certain plugins, etc).

WordPress was not designed to run on MAMP. It was designed to run on a dedicated *nix server.

Yes I understand this. But the lack of documentation and from what I have read on this forum, it seems like this the way to go for all mac users. It doesn’t seem very optimal.

I took over for my friend (he gave up to say it politely).
I’ll give it a try, and hope to get a better result and not pull out my hair as well.

A few (maybe stupid) questions about MAMP:

1) On the MAMP site it says “install a local server environment”.
The goal is to be able to share my IP so others can test it as well. Will MAMP help me go online with my website by allowing me to share my IP?

2) MAMP includes MySQL, but from my understanding OS X Server uses something called PostgreSQL? So I would prefer to use what is already supported or built in. Maybe I’m confusing something here?

3) I don’t want to be tied up to MAMP Pro (which it seems like it is trying to sell to me)

4) Doesn Mac OS X not already have PHP natively? Can it cause confusion/problems if I install another PHP using MAMP?

5) Do I need to install Apache as well? I though Apache was also something already native in Mac OS X?
It seems like MAMP is outdated or something, since it contains so much that is already native in never versions of OS X?
Also as stated, I would prefer to manage my website using OS X Server if possible, for a number of reasons.

I got a bad vibe from MAMP…seems like one of those things that could cause a lot of trouble by installing a lot of things you don’t need? They have a long list of stuff/libraries.

EDIT: Also on the website they say this:

“MAMP was created primarily as a PHP development environment for Macintosh computer and should therefore not be used as Live Webserver for the Internet. In this case, we recommend that you use Mac OS X server with the provided Apache or a Linux server.”

Okay this is exactly opposite of where I’m trying to go, so I don’t think this is a good solution??

Okay I have finally given up on this sh*t. Sorry for my language, but you can’t imagine my frustrating.

What killed me in the end was the database hurdle:

Googling guides that didn’t work or was overly complex, suggesting me to code my way out of it, as if I was already an established Unix programmer?
Lot’s of typing in terminal and receiving error with no clue on how to solve them?
Unsure of what I already had on my computer?
Does Mac OS X or OS X Server already have a database or which one does it support?
If it supports one, when/where/how do I make use of it then?
What users/roles/databases is now on my computer?
Where is the button and GUI to modify it?
Was it running or not and how to manage it?
Where is the button to create a new database and a login?
How do I get the information WordPress is asking for?
What sort of database and how do I make my database set up for wordpress?
MySQL vs Postgresql, which is what and how?
Do I now have multiple databases running and multiple logins?
Why won’t WordPress accept my login?
I’m now getting Profile Manage errors in OS X Server.
Why do googling most of my questions only lead to blind ends?
Why do I need to download a crapload of ancient extra programs to make this database stuff work.

Why does everything I download need a million steps of installation, why make it as complex as possible?
At one time I even had to bring out my calculator to calculate values to put into a file I created in Text Edit (notepad).
No I get the sense that something is corrupt in my system and I have to do a clean install of my computer to get rid of this horrible experience.
All I ever wanted to do, was being able to type in my IP address and then see WordPress so I could start figuring out how it works and if it was the way to go about when creating a blog/website.

Sorry if I sound frustrated, but I am.
I have grown an enormous hate for WordPress, you can’t imagine.
If all this is caused by issues related to databases and not WordPress, then I will argue that WordPresses way of guiding users to overcome one of these necessary hurdles is absolutely horrible. Just absolutely insultingly horrible.

Famous 5-minute installation my ass!
I would encourage everyone to stay away from WordPress if they can.
This product does not help anyone who was not already a hardcore web programmer to begin with.
If you are like me, and fairly new to creating websites, then STAY AWAY from this product, to avoid the same hell and frustration I have been through.
This product will NOT help you! Not even after you dedicate a lot of time to so called guide and tutorials.