Comments on: Setup WordPress locally

By: patrick

patrick — Sat, 23 May 2009 18:34:29 +0000

Thanks

I have just uninstalled Xmapp and reinstalled it. Unfortunately i still have the same problem.

I get get stuck at step 6

By: Harsh

Harsh — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:34:06 +0000

patrick – Give me an hour or so to try this out and clean the steps up?

Also, I’d like to know the versions of software you’re using. I don’t wish that you wait, so do try out the possible guides available here!

By: patrick

patrick — Sat, 23 May 2009 17:25:44 +0000

Thanks Harsh,

When I type in local host should it not throw up a page which i use to select a language and create a new database….

When i try in Firefox I get a blank page with a ‘done’ in the bottom left hand corner. When i try it in IE i get the ‘internet explorer cannot display the webpage’ message.

By: Harsh

Harsh — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:45:05 +0000

@patrick – I don’t know how much XAMPP has changed in these two years since writing this article, but once you’ve run the server just head to http://localhost and if it shows a server page or a blank page instead of a browser error then you are good to go on to the next steps!

I shall give these steps another try on Windows and will update it as I get time, in case it doesn’t work

By: patrick

patrick — Sat, 23 May 2009 16:18:16 +0000

Hi,

I am stuck. I am following the instructions above but when i enter http://localhost/xampp/splash.php into my internet browser i just get a blank page…

By: mehul

mehul — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 20:17:52 +0000

P, no your blog won’t be running on wordpress then. This tutorial is to download and run “wordpress software on your own PC”. So, if you turn off your PC your whole site will be down.
Let this tutorial be for geeks like Harsh only cos you are opening up your machine to secutiy and maintainance woes. It’s difficult for non-techies to handle.
Jayahari yeah, a local server is really nice to test out themes, plugins and hacks before implementing it on the actual blog.

By: Harsh

Harsh — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 11:52:30 +0000

If you use a desktop as a server, logically enough it should be ON as long as you wish it to run, correct?

Perhaps am not understanding your question right. As long as WordPress runs over any webserver (XAMPP in our case), it’ll keep the plugins running as well. What’re you asking about?

By: P

Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:27:39 +0000

I am a non-tecn person.
Lets say I use my desktop as a server using XAMPP.
I install wordpress and add more plugins to the folders.
Now for those plugins to reflect on the website do I have to keep my machine ON all teh time?
I mean if I switch off my machine, the plugins will cease to exist for anyone who views my blog online.. ? coz the plugins r on my machine… or is it that wordpress creates a backup copy of all plugins in the users account???

By: Jayahari

Jayahari — Tue, 25 Dec 2007 16:39:35 +0000

Thanks , I could test themes , plugins before uploading, and very good tutorial !

By: Sean Tierney

Sean Tierney — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:32:48 +0000

that’s a good step-by-step run-through but you can also bypass all the low-level setup and just get the Wordpress JumpBox-> http://www.jumpbox.com/wordpress-blogging-jumpbox/

double-click the .pvs or .vmx file depending on which virtualization technology you want to use (Xen, Parallels or VMware). Fire it up and complete the 1pg config form and you have a full working instance that can be unlocked if you need access to the internals.

sean