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WordPress

Posted by Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
Front End Web Development Techdegree Student 23,565 Points

Installing Wordpress Locally on PC using Xampp

So the current track video for this is dedicated to Mamp on Mac, what do windows users do on Xampp? Zac Gordon

5 Answers

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
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Darren, that's correct, and it's actually shown how in one of the next videos.

Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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Sorry I wasn't clear. If you watch this video:

http://teamtreehouse.com/library/local-wordpress-development/local-wordpress-development/installing-wordpress-locally

You'll see that it only describes how to setup the database for wordpress on a mac. No mention of windows and Xampp at this stage.

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
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Hey Darren, I'm thinking the Windows installer automatically sets all of that up for you. Here also are some FAQs from the website. :smiley:

Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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I don't think it would automatically do that, considering I might need a unique database for several local installation of wordpress, that wouldn't be appropriate.

Anyway, I figured out how to do it!

I'd recommend putting something like this (albeit with nicer grammar) in the teachers notes below:

"For windows users using Xampp - On your XAMPP Control Panel, click the “Admin” button in the MySQL section to open up phpMyAdmin."

It was this little thing that basically stumped me.

Zac Gordon

Dustin Matlock
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I think it may have been because the process is essentially the same with phpMyAdmin. I'm on a Mac and so it does create a database automatically, though, you're correct for multiple installations.

Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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Here's another question, can you allow access to someone over the internet, to a client for example, to showcase how a website may be coming along, where they can click, resize, play with an almost live view of a website using a programme like this?

Dustin Matlock
Dustin Matlock
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This has come up before on the forums, and Jason Seifer recommended localtunnel.

Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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Darren Healy
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Thanks

Dustin Matlock
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Anytime! Glad you got everything worked out.