Why isn’t my imported database showing up? install.php pops up and adds new tables to the database

Your issue likely lies somewhere within wp-config.php. You should not need to run any install if your tables already exist, the wp-admin/install.php is only used when no tables are detected with the settings in wp-config.php. Going through parameter by parameter, I’ll give you some idea of what everything is. DB_NAME is the name of the … Read more

Why can’t I swap a DB in a WP install? [closed]

Reasons this might happen: When WP checks the tables exist and they don’t If the DB connection fails The database is unreachable A DESCRIBE query on the tables fails, be it permissions or access based If there is an error recorded in the wpdb object while setting up initial variables in wp_set_wpdb_vars When ms_load_current_site_and_network returns … Read more

Set wp-content folder to Dropbox folder

You will need to create an alias to your Dropbox folder so those files can be accessed on your server. This can be done in httpd.conf: Alias /dropbox /Users/seth/Dropbox Or you could make a direct alias to the real wp-content folder: Alias /wp-content /Users/seth/Dropbox/Xammp-Content/wordpress/wp-content/ Then set WP_CONTENT_URL in wp-config.php appropriately: define( ‘WP_CONTENT_URL’, ‘http://localhost/dropbox/Xammp-content/wordpress/wp-content’ );

Trying to run WordPress on localhost?

WWW server don’t give You what Your browser is asking for. It could be caused by inproper web files privilages or there are no files in web subdirectory where server expects them.

Installing WordPress Theme Unit Data

If your using a MAC you will need to set file permissions to allow for updating and downloading plugins/themes without the use of setting up the FTP and manually adding them into the htdocs folder. The link below will walk you through this to set it up to work. http://ghosthorses.co.uk/production-diary/auto-update-wordpress-plugins-on-localhost-xampp-on-mac-osx/ http://wpforce.com/auto-update-wordpress-xampp-osx/ This video will show … Read more