local-installation

404 error on all pages but homepage

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Assuming you are on Linux, you need to make some changes in apache2.conf file stored in /etc/apache2 directory. Open the file with root permissions, you will find the code given below in the file. <Directory /var/www/> Options Indexes FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Require all granted </Directory> Here just change the AllowOverride None to AllowOverride All, save … Read more

Have multiple local wordpress installs share a wp-content folder and database

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For wp-content folder you need to add WP_CONTENT_DIR with path to this folder to each wp-config.php file of each your sites. All of these WP_CONTENT_DIR constants should have the same path to one folder. Read more about it here: http://codex.wordpress.org/Editing_wp-config.php#Moving_wp-content To share the same database, you just need to setup the same database settings in … Read more

WordPress keeps asking for connection information in localhost

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Parts of WordPress use (s)FTP to transfer files. Updates, for example, use (s)FTP. Media uploads do not, at least not unless something has changed in 3.7. If you are connecting to an (s)FTP server you have to provide the credentials that that server needs. Your file permissions won’t come into play until after that connection … Read more

Is it feasible to build and update a WordPress website offline?

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It totally depends on the types of changes being made. If you’re modifying a theme or a plugin, depending on what the changes are, you can likely build them locally or on a remote dev server, then push them to production with ease. That works for a user or two, with more users you need … Read more