How Do You Use MAMP?
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First, a little about my work flow. I set up the sites in the htdocs folder and then use skEdit to work on xhtml, css and php files and Safari to view the results. I give about 2/3 of my screen to Safari and the other 1/3 to skEdit. I’ll work on the code save it and then command-R in Safari to view the results. With MAMP in the work flow it allows me to work faster and see changes with no risk of ruining a live site.
The new version of Wordpress came out and I really wanted to see it in action. Instead of hoping that everything would be OK if I updated my active sites, I uploaded the folder to the htdocs folder and started testing. I copied my themes to the new Wordpress folder and so far so good. Everything appears to be functioning perfectly, but it really took the stress out of it.
Wordpress theme building is also much faster than trying to do it with the built-in theme editor. Developing locally allows me to continue to work on the same Page or section of the site by using command-R. If I use the theme editor and I want to view the site it takes me to the index and I have to find the right section to view the changes. I suppose I could open two pages side by side one with the editor and one with the page, but the save lag time alone makes using MAMP faster.
I have a client who is interested in Openads and I’ve never worked with it. So I popped it into the htdocs folder, started it up to see if it was any good and I’ve been playing with it all night. I’m sure it will save me a headache when I actually set it up for real. Having a local server playground has proven to be invaluable.
Building simple css sites using MAMP has allowed me to tinker a lot more. My work flow above has proven much faster than the old edit, upload, view. I can see the results so much quicker that I’m more inclined to try things that would have otherwise seemed like a waste of time.
MAMP still has some issues like limited support for one, but it has proven to be a very versatile and powerful addition to my toolkit. Now that you have MAMP setup and running how are you using it?
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- From Michael Doig - An Intelligent Mix Of Design And Marketing » Blog Archive » Installing Wordpress Locally Using MAMP | Feb 22, 2006
installed it months ago but never used it till now. my wordpress blog needs to be upgraded to WP2 and besides, it needs a new theme as it is has grown and I want to be able to tweak themes to my specifications. And so I fired MAMP up, used your tutorial (with some difficulties since Safari didn’t initialise the install page), and now staring at WP2 on my Mac. So a huge thank you for the tips.
Not everything is going well though. Now I need to tie-in the new WP2 pages with the old database I’ve downloaded and imported into MySql. I think it’ll be easy but I’m a bit stumped here!
Anyway, do have a good week!
cheers!
Oh dear. My database is a bit too large it seems, i had to import by copying the text (sql file opened with bbedit) one bit at a time and paste it inside the mysql form. took me ages but it’s all done now.
Yeah!
Got it going…thanks a million.
Now, how do I sync with my live site?
It’s been tough to track down a strait answer for this.
Much appreciated,
Asa
I have the same question as Asa. How do I import my current live wordpress blog into the local?
Thanks Much,
Phil
Hey Michael,
Thanks to your excellent tutorial I have now joined the ranks of WordPressers to scoop out the hype before committing to an on-line space.
Question – since I’m really just getting introduced to this – will MAMP allow me to preview sites created with other more WYSIWYG type web apps like iWeb, RapidWeaver, and Sandvox? It would be good to test links and interactivity before launching.
I’ve started to use MAMP locally with Joomla for a few site developments. Also yet to sync with live server so I’m interested in a reply to the same question above
….the question being, how do I sync the local site to the remote server?
“I have the same question as Asa. How do I import my current live wordpress blog into the local?
Thanks Much,
Phil”
I’d like to know this too. Thanks for the brilliant tutorial by the way.
I started out with mamp and wordpress, but I simply do not get how i move the content from the local server out to the main internet ? I tried to find it on wordpress, But no luck please help ?
Well, I’ll have to try this. But, word press uses a myaql database. At your hosting company you have a mysql database.
So if you export the database using phpmyadmin you should be able to move the information from either place local or from the server. By import or export.
You will have to edit the wordpress config file if your database tables do not match as well as the directories. Make sure to copy over all of the dependent files i.e. (images, mp3 or videos if you have them)
That’s should be most of the answer. Look up how to back up or move your databases using phpmyadmin, move you word press files (make sure you have checked the versions) The rest should sink up..good luck
Thanks for your post Michael – it just opened so many new testing doors for me.
Thanks for the tutorial, it was a huge help. Now I can test my themes on my local machine.
Hello,
On syncing your Wordpress Live and Local versions. I think it would be tricky because of the database and the config file. Although maybe you could set up your sync to ignore the config file?
What I am interested in though is keeping my MAMP folders synced. I am running an iMac and a Macbook. I want to be able to fire up either one and have the same local info synced both MAMP installs.
I am pretty sure that all I have to do is keep the htdocs and db files synced and the rest will just be MAMP files that don’t usually change.
I will come up with a solution, but in the interest of saving myself some time. What syncing solution would you create??? Thanks.
How do you delete a database from Mamp? I have been over the documentation and I cannot find anyway to delete a database.
When working on more than one Wordpress blog do I have to rename the Wordpress folder and create another database or can I use the first one I created?
HELP!!
Jan
Hello,
I’ve managed to export my blog however I must have done something wrong as I cannot post, save or upload media to the blog.
Does anyone have information for importing a Wordpress installation from a MAMP server setup to an account on a shared Linux server.
If I do not get this working I will have to start all over again with over 200 posts. I really need to get this blog online and working.
Thanks for the tutorial, really helped me find my way through this minefield…strangely I got the Server error messages/already installed WP, so I wiped it all and started from scratch..perfect!
Cheers
D