Hi,
I have wordpress existing in a folder on my local hard drive as it is on the remote server. I have also downloaded and unzipped MAMP. All is just waiting for me but I haven’t a clue where to go from here. The wordpress set up instructions for a remote server are not possible to do on my local drive because I do not have the settings that my remote host was able to give me in terms of configuring wp_config.php. By the way do I have to have PHP and mysql installed on my local hard drive, is that relevant? Below is install procedure for remote server with my comments.
Installation: Famous 5-minute install
Unzip the package in an empty directory.(done it)
Open up wp-config-sample.php with a text editor like WordPad or similar and fill in your database connection details. (where do I get the database name, username and password from: this is local set up. Hostname is localhost by default.)
Save the file as wp-config.php
Upload everything.
Open /wp-admin/install.php in your browser. This should setup the tables needed for your blog. If there is an error, double check your wp-config.php file, and try again. If it fails again, please go to the support forums with as much data as you can gather.
Note the password given to you.
The install script should then send you to the login page. Sign in with the username admin and the password generated during the installation. You can then click on ‘Profile’ to change the password.
Thanks.
Steve Price
The whole purpose to using a package like MAMP is to avoid the need to install Apache, MySQL and PHP (Which is what the “AMP” part of the name is an abbreviation for). Example, WAMP = Windows, Apache, Mysql and PHP.
The first thing you should do is consult the MAMP guides, once you understand how to use MAMP you’ll come to realise it’s just like having access to a remote server, and the instructions above will all make sense.
I’m not sure what kind of webhosts you’ve used before but the database creation and db user creation may differ, but you’ll likely be using PHPMYADMIN, which is actually easier then it looks (it can look quite complex there’s lots of stuff going on).
Start with a look at some of the links below, once you know you’re way around MAMP i think you’ll find the WordPress installation is pretty straight forward, but if not, post back for help (if the questions are WordPress specific, i’m not a Mac or Mamp user myself).
http://labs.dariux.com/tutorials/install-and-run-wordpress-locally-with-mamp-for-mac-os-x/ (Well written – looks like it has the key info)
http://michaeldoig.net/4/installing-wordpress-locally-using-mamp.htm (Alternate tutorial, older but might have something the above one doesn’t)
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=mamp+tutorial&tbo=p&tbs=vid%3A1&source=vgc&aq=f (vids are always helpful)
Let me know how you get on.. 😉
Hi,
18 posts here – nowhere. 5 mins here – done and dusted.
http://css-tricks.com/video-screencasts/86-mamp/
Steve Price
Looks easy to follow.
Shame that didn’t come up when i googled before (then i’m not a Mamp user, i don’t know where to find such things, hehe, beyond google at least).
So i take it you’re all good to go then Steve? 🙂
