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Unsubscribed User
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Is there a faster way to make changes to my child theme?

I am uploading my files through my File Manager on Host Gator to make changes to my wordpress site. Every time I have to make a new change I have to delete the style.css and upload the updated style.css file. Does anybody know of a more efficient way to test out a wordpress site? I have MAMP, but it's not working. Says something's wrong with the Apache server.

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Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points
Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Diana,

I would say MAMP (or XAMPP / WAMP on PC) would be the best way to quickly test out your theme but I see you're having problems with that. Do you have the error you're receiving please?

If you're ready to upload to a server, using something like Filezilla would probably be easier than going through File Manager on your server as you could simply edit the file and re-upload, overwriting the previous one. Always make sure you make a backup first though :)

Hope that helps!

-Rich

Unsubscribed User
Unsubscribed User
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The Error message is saying Apache couldn't be started. Please check your MAMP installation and configuration. When I open up MAMP, I see that the MySQL Server button is clicked instead of the Apache. Any idea as to how I can fix this? Thanks Rich!

I'll check out FileZilla.

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Diana,

Sorry about the delayed response.

I'm guessing here but it sounds as though it may be a conflicting port issue. I Googled mamp Apache couldn't be started and this Stack Overflow question may help.

-Rich