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WordPress

Kyle Shamblin
Kyle Shamblin
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Posted by Kyle Shamblin
Kyle Shamblin
9,945 Points

How to develop wordpress sites on Chrome OS?

Hey Team Treehouse,

I'm trying to figure out how to customize wordpress themes using cloud9 (c9) IDE. I would like to have a seperate server to make edits while leaving the live site as is (Chrome OS doesn't support local servers). I'm completely lost on how to do this efficiently without having to download the file archive from my live site and then uploading to c9 manually. Can I connect to the live sites FTP server through c9 terminal? I'm completely lost and have spent the past two days trying to get this set up. Any help or suggestions would be very appreciated!

1 Answer

Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Nejc Vukovic
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Hi Kyle.

Well I'm not sure I can be of any help but a way this could be but there's no other way to say it.

I'm not 100% familiar with the c9 systems but one way you could do this is set up a local development env on your machine and the upload the data when done.

Does c9 support FTP access to your specific env?

And are you running a machine that isn't able to have a local dev env - like Chromebook?

If you can do local dev than I would propose you get the AMPPS stack and go from there.

If there are any question still open don't be afraid to ask.

Regards.

Nejc

Kyle Shamblin
Kyle Shamblin
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Kyle Shamblin
Kyle Shamblin
9,945 Points

Yes, exactly Chrome OS doesn't support any local IDEs. Apparently, you can install CROUTON, dual boot the system with Linux, and run a local server through the terminal. I was trying to avoid this, but I might consider it for when I'm working on a clients website while travelling with no wi-fi.

Anyways, I was able to use cloud 9. From there I installed wordpress on the server and it has been working great! I was also able to copy files from my live wordpress site via FTP on a different cloud IDE (codeanywhere), I couldn't connect through the console on c9. It's absolutely amazing what you can do through a browser now. I'm also wondering if there's a way/product to install a dev env on a portable server that allows wireless connection.

Anyways, thanks for your reply, Nejc!

Happy coding! :)