Title: Multisite testing process advice
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Multisite testing process advice

 *  [markoburns](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markoburns/)
 * (@markoburns)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-testing-process-advice/)
 * Just reading up on Multisite recently in relation to possible using the likes
   of JobRoller and other app themes and have a few queries:
 * 1. For testing offline will Multisite install ok in Mamp on mac?
 * 2. I currently have a total non WP website setup with a homepage news blog (index.
   shtml), a listing directory [http://www.website.com/directory](http://www.website.com/directory),
   and a jobsboard [http://www.website.com/jobsboard](http://www.website.com/jobsboard)
 * any advice as to the best way to install live test WP multisite at the root and
   maybe create [http://www.website.com/directorytest](http://www.website.com/directorytest)
   and [http://www.website.com/jobsboardtest](http://www.website.com/jobsboardtest)
   and then is it possible to switch that later when ready to go live to the non-
   test names? or is there a better way to do this? and would changing the names
   later mess up multisite?
 * would I need a htaccess file change in the main root to keep the test index.php
   from showing as the HP until all is ready to go live?
 * Ideally I’d be planning a WP news blog on the HP, a test of JobRoller to replace
   existing jobsboard and perhaps a basic WP based directory until a more advanced
   app theme like Vantage or other comes along.
 * The advantage of multisite being users only have to register once across directory
   and jobsboard.
 * Any advice much appreciated.

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 *  [Andrea Rennick](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andrea_r/)
 * (@andrea_r)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/multisite-testing-process-advice/#post-1870692)
 * > 1. For testing offline will Multisite install ok in Mamp on mac?
 * [http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-install-wordpress-locally-on-a-mac](http://wpcandy.com/teaches/how-to-install-wordpress-locally-on-a-mac)
 * > would I need a htaccess file change in the main root to keep the test index.
   > php from showing as the HP until all is ready to go live?
 * index.php is still needed for the subsites to work. When we say all files are
   shared, that one is THE most important one.

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