steveprice

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

“MAMP is just a number of programs that allow you run a local web server on a Mac. Running MAMP does not offer you any extra connectivity to your blog. It’s primary use is to allow for the development of PHP/MySQL sites locally instead of on a remote server – the kind I’ve been creating for the past 9 years. It does not offer you any options to upload locally written posts to a live site.”

Hi esmi,
Thank you, you answered one of my questions. Slowly we are getting somewhere. I did however only say the snycing bit would be nice if possible. It would still be advantageous to me to write and configure the local blog and then do it all again online. Your reply implies that I could use MAMP to create a local blog. My next question is therefore what is the easiest way to get the local blog to look and work the same as the remote one I have already set up. Assuming it can be done, would you please explain briefly, what I would have to do.
Stephen W. Price

“There is no support team here, so there is no “senior support person” to refer you to. All that’s available in the way of support is us volunteers.”

Hi Esmi,
So who appointed you a moderator? I would like to contact them.
Stephen W. Price

“It’s not possible for all practical purposes. “

Well Esmi,
I don’t find that a particularly helpful, informed or friendly comment and as I notice you are a moderator can you refer to me to a more senior support person please. If any other users can be more helpful I’d be glad to hear from you.

Stephen W. Price
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