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Posted by Karina Gaulin
Karina Gaulin
790 Points

I am on a PC and am unable to follow instructions for Mac. Can you recommend a different learning platform for PC's?

I am unable to follow instructions for Mac. Is there any remedy for this on Treehouse or do I need to look elsewhere for learning WordPress?

4 Answers

Timm Derrickson
Timm Derrickson
21,205 Points

If you are using XAMPP. Open a browser and type in - localhost/phpmyadmin/ - that should take you to phpmyadmin.

Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
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Jason Anders
Jason Anders
Treehouse Moderator 145,860 Points

I'm not sure I understand your question. The course this post is linked to has videos for Windows and separate videos for Mac. So, there are specific videos for local installation directed to each platform.

:dizzy:

stjarnan
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stjarnan
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stjarnan
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Hi Karina, what kind of problem do you experience that hinders you from following along using Windows? Let me know and I might be able to help!

Jonas

Karina Gaulin
Karina Gaulin
790 Points

Thank you! At this point, I am trying to install wordpress locally. I get through all of the instructions, modifying for PC, but in the local server, the file doesn't show up. The test site shows up but not the folder I created and put the wordpress files into.

Oleg Kuperman
Oleg Kuperman
2,188 Points
Oleg Kuperman
Oleg Kuperman
2,188 Points

the difference between MAC and PC:

MAC = Control / Windows = CTRL MAC = Option / Windows = ALT MAC = Command / Windows = Windows key

Karina Gaulin
Karina Gaulin
790 Points

The difference here is that MAC is using MAMP and PC is using XAMPP

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

You can now use MAMP on Window's if that helps you.