MAMP is for server side technologies on the Mac. WAMP does the same for windows. I only talk about MAMP. If you are using a PC, replace MAMP with WAMP.\n<\/p>\n
It is an acronym that stands for either Mac or Windows, Apache, MYSQL and PHP. Apache is the web server, MYSQL is the database and you all know about PHP<\/a>.\n<\/p>\n MAMP allows you to run PHP and CMS on your computer, rather than relying on a server and internet connections, which can be slow or not functioning at all, as we have witnessed. Once you have a developed a site using MAMP, it is possible to transfer the PHP documents, resources and database information to a server.\n<\/p>\n Linda.com has a tutorial on how to install MAMP for wordpress<\/a><\/p>\n Download<\/a> MAMP. Run the MAMP software. The initial settings allows you to access information stored in the htdocs<\/strong> folder, located inside of the MAMP<\/strong> folder in your Applications<\/strong> folder. If you place a Text for the \u201chello.php\u201d file:<\/p>\n That’s it! You should see \u201cHello World!\u201d when you open the page. You can develop your modular final in a local environment with includes such as PHP navigation<\/a>. This should make the process much more immediate.<\/p>\n Download<\/a> WordPress. Install the uncompressed WordPress files into the htdocs<\/strong> folder. Do not drag the folder itself, just the files inside of the folder.\n<\/p>\n WordPress requires the MYSQL database. MAMP takes care of this, but you need to manage it using Sequel Pro.\n<\/p>\n Download<\/a> Sequel Pro. For Windows, try MYSQL Workbench<\/a>. Open Sequel Pro and click on the Socket<\/strong> tab. The host name will be This information can be found on the Open WebStart Page of MAMP. Enter name and password and hit the connect<\/strong> button.\n<\/p>\n Create a new database for WordPress to use by clicking in the menu and elect Go to the localhost root folder in the browser: WordPress asks you what language you want to proceed in. Select the language and click continue<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n It tells you what information is required to connect to the database. Click Let’s go!<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n Fill in the name you gave the database, the User Name and the Password. Click Submit<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n WordPress tells you that everything you have done has worked, and you can run the WordPress install. If not, you did something wrong. Click Run the install<\/strong>.\n<\/p>\n WordPress requires more information, like the Site Title, Username of the Administrator, Password, remain address. Click Install WorldPress<\/strong> when you have completed all of the information.\n<\/p>\n You now have your own locally hosted WordPress Site!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" MAMP is for server side technologies on the Mac. WAMP does the same for windows. I only talk about MAMP. If you are using a PC, replace MAMP with WAMP. It is an acronym that stands for either Mac or … Continue reading Accessing PHP files<\/h2>\n<\/p>\n
hello.php<\/code> file into that folder, you can access it by typing http:\/\/localhost:8887\/hello.php<\/code> in the browser address bar.\n<\/p>\n\r\n<!DOCTYPE html>\r\n<?php\r\necho \"Hello World!\";\r\n?>\r\n<\/pre>\n<\/p>\n
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localhost<\/code>. Default user name is root<\/code> and Password is root<\/code>.\n<\/p>\nadd Database<\/code>. Make up a simple name.\n<\/p>\nhttp:\/\/localhost:8888\/<\/code>. This will bring up WordPress\u2019s famous five-minute installation process.\n<\/p>\n