Wordpress mamp mac8/29/2023 ![]() NB: This is defined using the DocumentRoot directive, inside the default Apache configuration file: usr/local/etc/httpd/nf.Īs you can see below, our site’s folder is (full pathname: /usr/local/var/➜ pwdĭrwxr-xr-x 13 zp admin 416 Dec 10 11:51 1 zp staff 6148 Nov 23 18:17 1 zp staff 523 Jan 2 12:23 1 zp admin 194 Nov 20 14:53 index.html In a MAMP (installed via Homebrew) various ‘sites’ can be found under the folder: The site’s users should be preserved during the transfer, and they can also be used later on, to login into the Dashboard (/wp-admin) of the new (transferred) site.Ĭheck the folder/file structure of the DocumentRoot at macOS We can check the site’s already define users, via the phpMyAdmin web interface:Īs you can see above, there are 2 users defined for the WordPress site. General Settings WordPress and URL addresses (Site name) Plugins Settings (This actually is: /index.php/%year%/%monthnum%/%day%/%postname%/) Users Keep aside important information, such as: First, we will inspect all the vital WordPress information of the macOS site, and put it aside for any necessary adjustments on the target Synology NAS server. Below, you can also find links to access all necessary steps to install and use the main MAMP stack components on macOS:Īctually, we are going to transfer the present site you see, from my MacBook Pro to my Synology NAS server. In case you don’t have yet installed Homebrew on your macOS, you can proceed and install it following the instructions here. Having multiple local WordPress installs will speed up your development time.It is supposed that you use a LAMP/MAMP stack on your macOS installed via Homebrew. If you create multiple WordPress sites both for your clients and yourself, it’s really essential to develop locally first before you create the site on a web host. The above video shows you how to install another WordPress site on your localhost so you can have multiple WordPress installs to play around with.Īll you have to do is to create another database using PHPMyAdmin, download WordPress and run through the above installing process again. This process can be repeated again and again. You’ll be taken to the WordPress administration dashboard at Phew! Installing multiple versions of WordPress on your Mac Then, click “Install WordPress” and you’re done. Click “Run the Install”.įinally, you’ll be presented with a screen where you can enter the name of the site, the username and password, etc. You’ll then be taken to another screen and referred to as “Sparky”. The remaining two you can leave as “localhost” and “wp_”.Ĭlick “Submit”. Your database name (the one you created in PHPMyAdmin and you remembered it, right?).Click “Let’s Go!”.Īs you can see above you only need to change the top 3 fields to connect to your database: You’ll then see a screen checking that you have the 5 bits of info you’ll need to configure WordPress. The safest way is to manually create the file.” Ignore it and click “Create a Configuration File”. You can create a wp-config.php file through a web interface, but this doesn’t work for all server setups. With any luck, you’ll be greeted with a screen saying, “There doesn’t seem to be a wp-config.php file. Having created the database you are nearly ready to install WordPress! Go to in your browser. Type a name for your database (no spaces or special characters) and remember it. ![]() Click Databases in the second line of tabs in blue. ![]() Now that you have all this MAMP goodness installed on your machine, everything that you put in the folder Applications/MAMP/htdocs/ ends up on your localhost “website” which you can access through a browser at Next you should download the most recent version of WordPress (how many times have we all done that?) After unzipping, place the /wordpress/ folder inside your /htdocs/ folder. P is for PHP (or Perl or Python) the programming languages used for web development. ![]()
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