Comments on: Test Your Site Locally With WAMP/MAMP https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/11/10/test-your-site-locally-with-wampmamp/ Useful Resources For Webmasters Sun, 24 May 2026 19:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.42 By: mike https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/11/10/test-your-site-locally-with-wampmamp/#comment-11107 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:48:10 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=1000#comment-11107 i was wondering how you could network computers so that you could test features like php designed chat sites? if so please show me how.

]]> By: Matt https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/11/10/test-your-site-locally-with-wampmamp/#comment-3761 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:48:25 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=1000#comment-3761 @Jason, you’re definitely asking the wrong person. I’m no expert on server configuration (part of why I like MAMP). Hopefully I will know more of this subject in the future, but until then the best I can do is send you to the experts:

http://forum.webedition.de/php.....m.php?f=13

This is the link to the official MAMP forum, where I’m sure they’re very knowledgeable on matters such as this. I hope you find the solution to your question.

]]> By: Jason https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/11/10/test-your-site-locally-with-wampmamp/#comment-3759 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 21:40:08 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=1000#comment-3759 Is there a way to configure MAMP on OS X to treat each local dev site as the absolute root?

]]> By: Armen Shirvanian https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/11/10/test-your-site-locally-with-wampmamp/#comment-3745 Tue, 11 Nov 2008 21:54:43 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=1000#comment-3745 I used XAMPP for a bit, and that helped me to understand more of the underlying way that items are run in connection with WordPress.  It was nice to be able to test items that were related to a site in a privately-hosted area that could be altered and checked quite quickly.  I like how PHP can serve numerous functions in a fairly easy to understand format.

]]> By: Matt https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/11/10/test-your-site-locally-with-wampmamp/#comment-3737 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:09:49 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=1000#comment-3737 @Mike Robinson, Nice tip.

@Richard, That’s always a good idea. Not just because of configuration issues, but errors as well. You’d be surprised how often a slip of the mind, forgetting to change an absolute path somewhere, not updating database authentication details, etc, can throw a wrench in the works of what you thought would be a seamless update.

]]> By: Richard https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/11/10/test-your-site-locally-with-wampmamp/#comment-3735 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:48:28 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=1000#comment-3735 MAMP, XAMPP, WAMP….. they’re all fantastic, with one caveat. Always test on a private part of your server after testing using one of them. Eg: code locally, test locally, test privatly at eg: beta.your-url.com, and then push it live.The problem is usually your web server is running a different version of something, and that might be as low down as web server is Linux, while you’re developing on a Windows machine. The setup is different, and in some situations can cause errors.

]]> By: Mike Robinson https://www.webmaster-source.com/2008/11/10/test-your-site-locally-with-wampmamp/#comment-3734 Mon, 10 Nov 2008 11:38:30 +0000 http://www.webmaster-source.com/?p=1000#comment-3734 MAMP is fantastic, I use it at work for local development.A word of advice to those developing sites locally: Using virtual hosts can prove very useful when it comes to moving a site from local to live, as opposed to directories. Using directories would make your local dev server URLs look like “http://localhost/exampleclient.com/” which is a pain for relative URLs (can’t do “/images/” to access the images folder at the root, since the site isn’t in the root folder).Using virtual host URLs like “http://exampleclient.com.dev” means your relative URLs will work when you move it over to exampleclient.com. Less editing, less frustration as you realise assets aren’t loading because you missed a few. ;)

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