Title: Creating URL on MAMP
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Creating URL on MAMP

 *  [gabbygabbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabbygabbs/)
 * (@gabbygabbs)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-url/)
 * Hello! So I have wordpress and MAMP installed. Everything is up and running. 
   Now i want to change my URL. I am using a MacPro, Yosemite. I tried using FileZilla
   but yosemite does not allow me to “Share files on [http://FTP.&#8221](http://FTP.&#8221);
   How can I change my URL. I tried following the steps provided on the website 
   but I get extremely confused. HELP PLEASE! thank you in advance!

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 *  [Chris Vogt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c1v0/)
 * (@c1v0)
 * [11 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-url/#post-6131994)
 * Using MAMP, are you accessing your website using [http://localhost](http://localhost)
   or [http://127.0.0.1](http://127.0.0.1)?
 * If so, then you can add an [alias to your host file](http://www.tekrevue.com/tip/edit-hosts-file-mac-os-x/)
   defining the URL you would like to use.
 * There’s a swanky, paid program called [VirtualHostX](https://clickontyler.com/virtualhostx/)(
   with a free trial) that works as a GUI for this.
 * Should you go the manual route, the line you might add to the bottom of your 
   _hosts_ file will look something like:
 *     ```
       127.0.0.1    mysite.dev
       ```
   
 * ^ This will route all requests for _mysite.dev_ back to MAMP.
 *  Thread Starter [gabbygabbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabbygabbs/)
 * (@gabbygabbs)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-url/#post-6132138)
 * is there any website that can do it for free? I have tried using [https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
   when i tried doing a shared FTP on filezilla my Mac Pro yosemite does not have
   that. so i need to find another route.
 *  [Chris Vogt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c1v0/)
 * (@c1v0)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-url/#post-6132140)
 *  [Chris Vogt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/c1v0/)
 * (@c1v0)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-url/#post-6132141)
 * There are two steps to achieve, in any order:
    1. **Make a custom domain point to MAMP.**
        [This link](https://www.ihash.eu/2014/10/edit-hosts-file-mac-os-x-10-10-yosemite/)
       contains instructions on updating the hosts file using a text editor, for free.
    2. **Let WordPress know you are accessing it through that domain.**
        Because MAMP
       is running on your computer, as opposed to an external server, FileZilla will
       not be necessary. Instead, use a text editor to open the folder where WordPress
       is, and then you can make the changes in the Changing The Site URL, so that 
       WordPress knows it is being accessed through the new domain from step 1.
 *  Thread Starter [gabbygabbs](https://wordpress.org/support/users/gabbygabbs/)
 * (@gabbygabbs)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/creating-url/#post-6132150)
 * To be very honest… i am so lost. When i was doing the steps for number 1 option
   it said that if i choose to continue i might lose files and what not. I am not
   willing to risk anything.

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