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 ?