Comments on: Testing WordPress themes locally http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally Design, Develop, and Grow Wed, 08 Feb 2012 09:03:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ricardo Jorge http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-181124 Ricardo Jorge Fri, 02 Oct 2009 02:44:28 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-181124 Thanks a lot. This is really going to help me, since i want to change my theme, but i'm always making little changes that i don't want my readers to see =D Thanks a lot. This is really going to help me, since i want to change my theme, but i’m always making little changes that i don’t want my readers to see =D

]]> By: MySQL Management on your Mac | Devlounge http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-181068 MySQL Management on your Mac | Devlounge Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:23:18 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-181068 [...] or XAMPP to run your own personal webserver on your Mac, allowing you to do very cool things like testing Wordpress themes locally. Both MAMP and XAMPP include phpMyAdmin to manage your MySQL databases, which is perfectly fine of [...] [...] or XAMPP to run your own personal webserver on your Mac, allowing you to do very cool things like testing WordPress themes locally. Both MAMP and XAMPP include phpMyAdmin to manage your MySQL databases, which is perfectly fine of [...]

]]> By: Spamboy http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-180144 Spamboy Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:17:57 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-180144 @Michael Your code did not display, because you enclosed it in HTML comment brackets. :) Since you pasted code, I assume you are coding a custom there? My recommendation would be to download a Gravatar-enabled theme to your machine, activating it, and seeing if they display for that theme. If they do, then you can reverse-engineer the theme and apply its code to your theme. Otherwise, it's an indication of network connectivty. @Michael Your code did not display, because you enclosed it in HTML comment brackets. :) Since you pasted code, I assume you are coding a custom there? My recommendation would be to download a Gravatar-enabled theme to your machine, activating it, and seeing if they display for that theme. If they do, then you can reverse-engineer the theme and apply its code to your theme. Otherwise, it’s an indication of network connectivty.

]]> By: Michael http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-180142 Michael Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:28:36 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-180142 oops! Code didn't copy over. <!-- ?php if(function_exists('get_avatar')){ echo get_avatar($comment, '80');} ? --> This is all I have (minus the "!-- --" obviously). oops! Code didn’t copy over.

This is all I have (minus the “!– –” obviously).

]]> By: Michael http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-180141 Michael Wed, 29 Jul 2009 18:26:23 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-180141 Hi Lorraine, Quick question about using MAMP to build WordPress themes and incorporating gravatars. Do gravatars work on your local machine? I.e. I'm in the middle of incorporating gravatars into my website which has not been uploaded yet. I'm only viewing it on my local machine using MAMP. When I login to my WP dashboard, I can see my gravatar (there) no problem. But I can never see it on the webpage I'm building. Any ideas? Code: Hi Lorraine,

Quick question about using MAMP to build WordPress themes and incorporating gravatars. Do gravatars work on your local machine? I.e. I’m in the middle of incorporating gravatars into my website which has not been uploaded yet. I’m only viewing it on my local machine using MAMP. When I login to my WP dashboard, I can see my gravatar (there) no problem. But I can never see it on the webpage I’m building. Any ideas?

Code:

]]> By: Testing Wordpress themes locally Devlounge | Wood TV Stand http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-179378 Testing Wordpress themes locally Devlounge | Wood TV Stand Sun, 31 May 2009 22:18:58 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-179378 [...] Testing Wordpress themes locally Devlounge Posted by root 50 minutes ago (http://www.devlounge.net) Testing a wordpress theme you 39 ve designed locally makes life so much easier you can link to this comment local testing is definitely the way to go twitter really isn 39 t making a tv show please stick around ashton kutcher middot swissmiss turns powere Discuss  |  Bury |  News | Testing Wordpress themes locally Devlounge [...] [...] Testing WordPress themes locally Devlounge Posted by root 50 minutes ago (http://www.devlounge.net) Testing a wordpress theme you 39 ve designed locally makes life so much easier you can link to this comment local testing is definitely the way to go twitter really isn 39 t making a tv show please stick around ashton kutcher middot swissmiss turns powere Discuss  |  Bury |  News | Testing WordPress themes locally Devlounge [...]

]]> By: getting the hang of it « Just For Fancy | Musings of a self-proclaimed Fancy-Pants. http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-179159 getting the hang of it « Just For Fancy | Musings of a self-proclaimed Fancy-Pants. Thu, 07 May 2009 18:44:35 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-179159 [...] shout-outs to Lorraine Nepomuceno for this article at Devlounge about testing locally using MAMP (finding this out was a true head:desk moment — why [...] [...] shout-outs to Lorraine Nepomuceno for this article at Devlounge about testing locally using MAMP (finding this out was a true head:desk moment — why [...]

]]> By: Khongcoai http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-179080 Khongcoai Mon, 27 Apr 2009 08:45:56 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-179080 Yeap, ok for Mamp, but how can we syncronize the local folders and database to the production server? Yeap, ok for Mamp, but how can we syncronize the local folders and database to the production server?

]]> By: Spamboy http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-179045 Spamboy Sat, 25 Apr 2009 00:58:13 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-179045 Anyone here ever tried to setup a USB stick running XAMPP for Mac and XAMPP for Windows -- that way, you can use the USB stick on whatever computer you're at (I have a Mac at home, but a PC at work). If you've done this, were you able to set it up so that the htdocs directory and MySQL database files were shared? Anyone here ever tried to setup a USB stick running XAMPP for Mac and XAMPP for Windows — that way, you can use the USB stick on whatever computer you’re at (I have a Mac at home, but a PC at work).

If you’ve done this, were you able to set it up so that the htdocs directory and MySQL database files were shared?

]]> By: Lorraine Nepomuceno http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-179034 Lorraine Nepomuceno Thu, 23 Apr 2009 18:24:34 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-179034 Kevin, here's a quick step-by-step for doing that in MAMP- got this from the excellent <a href="http://www.bleikamp.com/2006/11/16/wordpress-on-a-mac/" rel="nofollow">Ben Bleikamp</a>: 1. Load up the MAMP application, start Apache and MySQL. 2. Point your browser to: http://localhost:8888/MAMP/ and you’ll find yourself at the MAMP homepage. It’s a simple control panel that lets you edit anything important fairly easily. Click the PHPMyAdmin link. 3. Create a database. I called my "wordpress" because I am only installing it once. If you’d like to use more than one WordPress install I’d suggest naming the databases by site, although it doesn’t really matter. 4. Unpack your WordPress download to to ../mamp/htdocs/wordpress/. The /htdocs/ folder is your "live" folder - if you want to create a new site, simple create a new folder. 5. Load wp-config-sample.php into your favorite text editor. You’re going to need to edit the values so that WordPress can access MySQL on your machine. The default username for MySQL is "root." The default password is also "root." If you are planning on using MAMP on a live server, change those values. The host is "localhost:8888." The database name is whatever you called your database in Step 3. Save it as wp-config.php in your ../mamp/htdocs/wordpress/ folder. 6. Run the idiot-proof WordPress 5 minute install (it should take about 30 seconds). Point your browser to: http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php Hope this helps :) Kevin, here’s a quick step-by-step for doing that in MAMP- got this from the excellent Ben Bleikamp:

1. Load up the MAMP application, start Apache and MySQL.

2. Point your browser to: http://localhost:8888/MAMP/ and you’ll find yourself at the MAMP homepage. It’s a simple control panel that lets you edit anything important fairly easily. Click the PHPMyAdmin link.

3. Create a database. I called my “wordpress” because I am only installing it once. If you’d like to use more than one WordPress install I’d suggest naming the databases by site, although it doesn’t really matter.

4. Unpack your WordPress download to to ../mamp/htdocs/wordpress/. The /htdocs/ folder is your “live” folder – if you want to create a new site, simple create a new folder.

5. Load wp-config-sample.php into your favorite text editor. You’re going to need to edit the values so that WordPress can access MySQL on your machine. The default username for MySQL is “root.” The default password is also “root.” If you are planning on using MAMP on a live server, change those values. The host is “localhost:8888.” The database name is whatever you called your database in Step 3. Save it as wp-config.php in your ../mamp/htdocs/wordpress/ folder.

6. Run the idiot-proof WordPress 5 minute install (it should take about 30 seconds). Point your browser to: http://localhost:8888/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php

Hope this helps :)

]]> By: Wally http://www.devlounge.net/design/testing-wordpress-themes-locally/comment-page-1#comment-179031 Wally Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:53:25 +0000 http://www.devlounge.net/?p=3058#comment-179031 To be honest, as a developer I would never have imagined that people would just flip a switch to test their theme on their live site. What a scary idea that is! Good job pointing out that there are far better and safer ways to build your own themes. To be honest, as a developer I would never have imagined that people would just flip a switch to test their theme on their live site. What a scary idea that is!

Good job pointing out that there are far better and safer ways to build your own themes.

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