Need help working in WordPress offline

bennettua
(@bennettua)

9 years, 3 months ago

I’m trying to change themes, something that should be pretty simple. But, I cannot change to a different theme without everything changing(tabs don’t work, menu is screwy, etc).
I want to be able to work on this without it being activated/live(so that the live website continues to run).
So, I want to work offline, locally.

I’ve tried this all day, and feel like I’ve just burned brain cells and pulled out clumps of hair.
I have XAMPP. It seems to work fine.
I have Duplicator, so I can get all the files from my current live site. (I tried without it at first, but it seems people think that’s the way to go, but neither way has worked).
I have set up database after database.
I cannot get this to work. I end up with a blank theme in my WordPress localhost. WordPress works fine locally, but my site is not there, just blank.

I do not know what I’m doing wrong. I do not know how to get someone to help me. I do not know why I’m posting this, because I do not know what I’m asking for in terms of help. I’m just, lost…

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Thread Starter bennettua
(@bennettua)

9 years, 3 months ago

Thread Starter bennettua
(@bennettua)

9 years, 3 months ago

For detailed descriptions and pictures of where I am with this, if you’re looking to help, here ya go:

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/need-help-making-my-page-look-like-the-theme-template/page/2/

I’m stuck with an error in Duplicator, can’t pull up WordPress.
HudsonValleyWebDesign
(@jaycbrf)

9 years, 3 months ago
download Akeeba backup core and kickstart core from akeebabackup.com

install plugin on your site. Backup site, download backup and install on XAMP

done…

you can’t just create a database on localhost and expect your site to just appear. You need the database FROM YOUR SITE! THAT IS WHERE ALL THE “DATA” IS.

Thank GOD people are not trying to do brain surgery on their own…
- This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by HudsonValleyWebDesign.
Thread Starter bennettua
(@bennettua)

9 years, 3 months ago

you can’t just create a database on localhost and expect your site to just appear. You need the database FROM YOUR SITE! THAT IS WHERE ALL THE “DATA” IS.

I did that. I downloaded everything from the site, first through FTP, then through Duplicator.

I’m missing something somewhere, but it’s not the fact that you need the files hosted locally to work locally….

HudsonValleyWebDesign
(@jaycbrf)

9 years, 3 months ago

Akeeba Backup/restore takes 5 minutes and I have never had a problem.

Dion
(@diondesigns)

9 years, 3 months ago

I looked at the other topic you created. Your problem is being caused by whatever plugin is in the “shopp” directory. It is poorly coded; no plugin written in the past three years should be using hardcoded calls to the mysql extension. The mysql extension was deprecated three years ago, and completely removed from PHP 7.0. You are either using PHP 7.x, or your XAMPP installation (correctly) set up PHP 5.x without the mysql extension.

The only way you are going to get Duplicator (or any type of site copying plugin) to work for you is to deactivate the “shopp” plugin on your live site before doing the copy. And once your site is copied, you cannot activate the “shopp” plugin because it will result in blank pages.

If this “shopp” plugin is supported, I would strongly suggest getting in touch with its author. Perhars there is an update available that does not use hardcoded calls to the mysql extension.
Thread Starter bennettua
(@bennettua)

9 years, 3 months ago
I looked at the other topic you created. Your problem is being caused by whatever plugin is in the “shopp” directory. It is poorly coded; no plugin written in the past three years should be using hardcoded calls to the mysql extension. The mysql extension was deprecated three years ago, and completely removed from PHP 7.0. You are either using PHP 7.x, or your XAMPP installation (correctly) set up PHP 5.x without the mysql extension.

The only way you are going to get Duplicator (or any type of site copying plugin) to work for you is to deactivate the “shopp” plugin on your live site before doing the copy. And once your site is copied, you cannot activate the “shopp” plugin because it will result in blank pages.

If this “shopp” plugin is supported, I would strongly suggest getting in touch with its author. Perhars there is an update available that does not use hardcoded calls to the mysql extension.

I appreciate your help.
I downloaded a new backup through Duplicator after deactivating the Shopp plugin(installed long before I got here).
Unfortunately, now something else isn’t working…

When I go to file:///C:/xampp/htdocs/wp/ in my browser, I see the two files, one for the backup, one for the installer.

When I click on the installer file, I get:

Error: PHP is not running

Duplicator requires that your web server is running PHP. Your server does not have PHP installed, or PHP is turned off.

I don’t know what is wrong here, as I hadn’t changed any settings, and I can still get on PHPmyAdmin.

Thoughts? I felt like we might have been making progress but I don’t know what changed!
- This reply was modified 9 years, 3 months ago by bennettua.
Thread Starter bennettua
(@bennettua)

9 years, 3 months ago

Offline site seems to be working now, but I can’t log in to WordPress, as in, I can’t change the theme, which was all I wanted to do in the first place, change the theme and toy with it to get it right before bringing the site back online.
There is nowhere that I can see to click on my site on the local server to log in to WordPress and change the theme.
It’s also not correctly linked to all the pictures and thumbnails.
I don’t know what to do here but I feel like this is a step closer…

Thread Starter bennettua
(@bennettua)

9 years, 3 months ago

Here’s a comparison screenshot to illustrate what I’m seeing:

HudsonValleyWebDesign
(@jaycbrf)

9 years, 3 months ago

Keep using duplicator and enjoy-