RossMitchell

When I do this I configure my webserver to use the “virtualhost” method, details here: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/current/vhosts/
Then I put the domain name (normal and with www. prefix) into my “hosts” file, details here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hosts_(file)

When I do it this way I do not need your steps 8 and 9

I can switch between viewing the local site and the webhosted site by commenting out the appropriate lines in my hosts file.

• This reply was modified 5 years, 4 months ago by RossMitchell.

Find which template of your theme is being used to render this page, this plugin will tell you: https://wordpress.org/plugins/show-current-template/

Create a child theme and customise this template, also if required customise the CSS used in this template/page.

Would be very surprised if you could make an MP4 that is lighter than a GIF.
To do this:
– work in a child theme

The exact details are theme specific
– find the page component that holds the logo, probably “header.php”, copy it to your child theme
– customise the code to replace the GIF image display with a video player

Suggest that you seek support in the theme support forum.

My apologies, still it would be better and more convenient for us if you were to copy/paste the text of the errors.

These could be xampp errors. Suggest also seeking support from the xampp forums.

Again, an you load the readme.html file ? This is a good test of the webserver configuration.

Suggest running the WordPress install step again.
<website> /wp-admin/install.php

More comprehensively, all round WordPress development can involve use of:
– PHP for the server side scripting
– SQL, specifically mySQL for server database operations
– HTML for the structure of the generated pages
– CSS for the rendering and display of the generated pages
– Javascript and jquery for browser side scripting
– AJAX for browser to webserver and database interaction

Now I admit that this is quite a constellation, and maybe they are not all languages in a strict sense. On occasion I have also needed VisualBasic and spreadsheets in supporting roles.
Depending upon just what you want to do, I would say that PHP and CSS are essential, you can develop the rest as required.

Welcome to the WordPress culture.

Some things in WordPress are different, sometimes it is just historical, a choice was made back when and it is best to stay with it. Others such as the hook and filter mechanisms are effectively PHP language extensions, getting with them is the easy way, ignoring or fighting them is your choice.

Rather than have you explain to me how you think WordPress works, suggest that you actually look at the database tables, export a .sql file and load it in a text editor, and browse.

I stand by my earlier post, the only file that changes between sites is your wp-config.php, all of the variability of a site is from the database. (With the exception of images and media which load from files, but these are EXTRA files, not files distributed as WordPress.)

Suggest viewing your database using the phpmyadmin web application, your website hosting management almost certainly provides this.

Then check and recheck that the database name and table prefix are correct.
Rather than check the user password (I don’t think this is possible), create a new database user and password, make sure they are assigned all privileges over your database, put this new username and password into your wp-config.php file.

If this does not work I suggest that you talk to your website hosting support, on occasions they can be very helpful, even when the problem is strictly not their responsibility.