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timgerald
725 PointsMore than one Local WP Installations and working with an existing WP Site in Mamp
at the moment i work on a few different wp sites and would love to work locally on them. i have two questions for that: 1) somehow i do not know who to set up more than one page in mamp
2) if an page already exist and is live but i want to work on it locally for some changes. how do i set up those sites in mamp. i am sure it is almost the same, and i just can't see how it works.
thank you a lot for your answers
5 Answers
kevin jordan
11,353 PointsJordana --
Just wanted to chime in here and let you know about DesktopServer - you can find it here : http://serverpress.com/products/desktopserver/ The free version allows up to 3 sites at once and makes local develop for WP a breeze ! (I have no relationship with this company - just like this application :0 ) Best, kj
Roger Rowles
4,890 PointsGreat, thanks Zac! After posting, I realized the course was actually moved down to the bottom of the track. Nonetheless, I've taken that course before, and after reviewing DesktopServer, have decided to go that route.
James Anwyl
Full Stack JavaScript Techdegree Graduate 49,960 Points1) You can run multiple wordpress sites with MAMP you just need a separate database and folder(within htdocs) for each one. Check out this video to see how its done (The video is for Macs but the process is pretty much the same for Windows)
2) If you have a live site that you want to work on locally, you can either move it manually or use a plugin. Check out this tutorial which shows both methods.
Hope this helps! :)
timgerald
725 Pointsthank you very much james, i am going to try it tomorrow morning :-)
timgerald
725 Pointsthank you all for your answers going to try it tomorrow.
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherI would suggest either MAMP Pro or Desktop server.
We have a new course called Modern WordPress Workflow that will replace this Local Development Course and we will be switching to using DesktopServer.
Meg Cusack
11,448 PointsAny update on when Modern WordPress Workflow will come out?
Roger Rowles
4,890 PointsHi Zac,
It's seems like I just updated the WordPress development track on Treehouse and it actually removed the modern workflow course and replaced it with this one. Is that right?
For just working on multiple installs locally, would you still not recommend MAMP? Why not?
Thanks!
Roger
Zac Gordon
Treehouse Guest TeacherWe had to remove modern WordPress Workflow from the track because it conflicts with MAMP.
I like DesktopServer since I've started using it, but MAMP Pro is also pretty good and we used that for a long time here at Treehouse. If you're really serious about WP I would invest in the pro version of MAMP tho rather than the free version. It makes a lot of things a lot easier, like auto installing WP and working with multiple sites and customizing the host file to have custom local domain names.