Title: localhost home web server
Last modified: August 18, 2016
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# localhost home web server
* Resolved [perra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perra/)
* (@perra)
* [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/)
* Ok, I have WP working on a home server and as long as I work on the host computer
everything works fine. However, when I access WP from a remote machine on the
network all css formatting is lost and the links include localhost/WPname instead
of machinename/WPname uri’s.
* I tested another directory within the httpd directory (e.g. apache manuals) which
reflect the correct path, machinename/manuals and corresponding uri’s.
* Haven’t been able to figure it out.
* Platform: Windows XP Pro, Apache 2, MySql 4, Php 4, mod_rewrite loaded.
* Thanks in Advance.
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* [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
* (@moshu)
* [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/#post-290341)
* In Options > General you set 2 URIs, those define where your blog is.
If it
is set to local – it cannot be on the internet: every machine that accesses it
will “think” of ‘localhost’ as themselves 🙂
* [chaaban](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chaaban/)
* (@chaaban)
* [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/#post-290343)
* maybe you can put the ip of your machine .
* when u run apache you can access (sometime you have to do some modifications)
http//your-ip
* if u put this in your wordpress control panel (what moshu told you ) it might
work .
* [McShelby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mcshelby/)
* (@mcshelby)
* [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/#post-290345)
* On WinXP you can also use the name of your workstation instead of localhost.
By that you are able to access your local webserver from every Windows workstation
inside your LAN.
* Thread Starter [perra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perra/)
* (@perra)
* [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/#post-290398)
* Replacing the ip address for the localhost in the Options > General worked (e.
g. http//your-ip/WPname instead of http//localhost/WPname), Thanks All.
* Next, since the router is a dhcp server and randomly (dynamically) assigns the
internal local ip address which can change at any time (e.g. on router reboot
after reconfiguration of network machines and/or other hardware), which would
be the best approach to solving this part of the configuration? Options:
* 1. Through ip based virtualhost in the Apache httpd configuration file, e.g.
* #NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.XX
* #
ServerName Whatever DocumentRoot C:/WhereverApacheResides/
htdocs #
* or
* 2. Through name based virtualhost in the Apache httpd configuration file, e.g.
* #NameVirtualHost *:80
* #
ServerName Whatever DocumentRoot C:/WhereverApacheResides/
htdocs #
* or
* 3. Some other solution?
* Note: Directives commented out, just in case!!! For use they would need to be
uncommented. (For other users getting started).
* Again, Thanks in Advance
* [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
* (@moshu)
* [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/#post-290401)
* How to set up a server is beyond the scope of the WP Forum. You could probably
get better support for that in places that are specialized in server issues.
* Thread Starter [perra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perra/)
* (@perra)
* [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/#post-290498)
* Thanks Moshu for the previous help tips.
* Thread Starter [perra](https://wordpress.org/support/users/perra/)
* (@perra)
* [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/#post-290551)
* Solution:
These next pages provided a solution that worked for me in setting
up virtual hosts. The last page includes a specific solution for WP. Hope it
can help someone.
* Virtual hosting and PHP for local develpment
[http://techpatterns.com/forums/about405.html](http://techpatterns.com/forums/about405.html)
* Apache Webserver :: MySQL etc.
[http://techpatterns.com/forums/forum-17.html](http://techpatterns.com/forums/forum-17.html)
* Apache 2.0.50,PHP 4.3.8,mod_rewrite and WordPress 1.5????
[http://techpatterns.com/forums/about376.html](http://techpatterns.com/forums/about376.html)
* [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
* (@moshu)
* [20 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/#post-290552)
* Thanks for posting back the solution.
However, for the not-so-techie users I’d
still recommend the installation of XAMPP for local development.
* [Blade](https://wordpress.org/support/users/blade/)
* (@blade)
* [20 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/localhost-home-web-server/#post-290707)
* Thank you to you all, i was having problems with my localhost server and was
searching for a simple easy to understand solution without luck, that is until
i found this post in my search engine followed what moshu said about Options
> general….realised my localhost port was blocked clicked a box and hey presto
working perfectly(Shame i didnt find it 3 months ago) so i joined the site. Thanks
again for a very helpful straight forward post 🙂
* Mick
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