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== localhost == | == localhost == | ||
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Depending on your LAMP bundle, you may need to use a port number in the URL: | Depending on your LAMP bundle, you may need to use a port number in the URL: | ||
− | * http://localhost | + | * http://localhost:8888 |
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+ | == htdocs == | ||
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+ | The web pages for your localhost site are stored in the <code>htdocs</cod> folder, inside the application folder for your specific LAMP bundle. | ||
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+ | Put all of your web pages and subfolders in here. | ||
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+ | When you first use a LAMP bundle, the htdocs folder will contain some default files and subfolders. | ||
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+ | For example, [[MAMP]] creates a subfolder named <code>MAMP</code>, which contains the pages for the MAMP administrative control panel. | ||
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+ | LAMP bundles typically provide admin control panels for a variety of tasks. | ||
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+ | == phpMyAdmin == | ||
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+ | [[phpMyAdmin]] is a browser-based tool for managing [[MySQL]] databases. | ||
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+ | == Creating a WordPress database == | ||
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+ | When installing WordPress, create a new database using phpMyAdmin. | ||
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+ | Every database on your computer must have a unique name. | ||
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+ | The WordPress database is typically named <code>wordpress</code>, but you can use any name for the database, so long as you use that same name when you configure WordPress. | ||
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+ | == Database user and password == | ||
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+ | To use a database, you need a database user, and a password for that user. | ||
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+ | LAMP bundles typically use <code>root</code> for both username and password. |
Revision as of 08:15, 26 October 2015
You can run WordPress on your personal computer or laptop using localhost.
Contents
Discussion
None of the files in the WordPress folder have any meaning to a web browser. Most of the WordPress files are PHP files, which cannot be browsed directly.
WordPress requires a web server to function. You can then browse the web server, to see the "served up" web pages.
LAMP
Install a LAMP (software bundle) on your computer:
All LAMP bundles do essentially the same thing. Popular bundles include:
localhost
When you have your LAMP bundle installed, start the program and browse to your localhost home page:
Depending on your LAMP bundle, you may need to use a port number in the URL:
htdocs
The web pages for your localhost site are stored in the htdocs</cod> folder, inside the application folder for your specific LAMP bundle.
Put all of your web pages and subfolders in here.
When you first use a LAMP bundle, the htdocs folder will contain some default files and subfolders.
For example, MAMP creates a subfolder named <code>MAMP, which contains the pages for the MAMP administrative control panel.
LAMP bundles typically provide admin control panels for a variety of tasks.
phpMyAdmin
phpMyAdmin is a browser-based tool for managing MySQL databases.
Creating a WordPress database
When installing WordPress, create a new database using phpMyAdmin.
Every database on your computer must have a unique name.
The WordPress database is typically named wordpress
, but you can use any name for the database, so long as you use that same name when you configure WordPress.
Database user and password
To use a database, you need a database user, and a password for that user.
LAMP bundles typically use root
for both username and password.