In this article, I will detail how to make a local “dev” copy of my live WordPress blog for the purpose of testing new styles, developing plugins and experimenting with new themes. My live WordPress blog is at http://bluegalaxy.info/codewalk. On my local Windows PC I have Bitnami WAMP stack installed, which includes an Apache2 server, … Continue reading WordPress: How to create a local copy of a live site for development and testing
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How to install PHP/MySQL and confirm the installation
The quickest way I found to install PHP and MySQL was to download the Bitnami WAMP stack module, which also installs a fresh Apache 2 server. See: https://bitnami.com/stack/wamp The installer I found for Windows 10 was called “bitnami-wampstack-7.1.14-0-windows-x64-installer.exe”. In running the installation, Bitnami creates a folder for apache2, php, and mysql here: C:\Bitnami\wampstack-7.1.14-0 Bitnami also … Continue reading How to install PHP/MySQL and confirm the installation
Apache: How to change the server name from localhost to custom name
I recently installed the Bitnami WAMP stack which simultaneously installs Apache 2, PHP, and MySQL. The default domain name when installing Apache server is either “localhost” which is found at the default IP address of 127.0.0.1. For example, web pages can be found at: http://localhost/ http://127.0.0.1/ and scripts in the cgi-bin can be accessed like … Continue reading Apache: How to change the server name from localhost to custom name