To be honest, it’s hard to guess. Many factors are at play, such as your network settings or your machine’s settings, and settings vary depending on your operating system. Xampp could be a bit complex to set up and make it work across the network. I suggest that you go with a very easy environment … Read more
It turns out the permission settings are fine. I just needed to restart the Apache server. This problem had nothing to do with the modification of the httpd.conf file.
To share the local sites you can use ngrok or use laragon which comes with website sharing option. or follow the steps https://www.webucator.com/blog/2016/05/accessing-your-local-web-server-from-a-mobile-device-using-xampp/
How do I upload my WordPress code files from previous website onto local host WordPress website?
You can open your database in a text editor and make a search and replace in the database. You have to change developmentsite.com for localsite.com. This method usually gives problems with theme options and widgets settings. To avoid these problems you can use the plugin http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/duplicator/. This has given me excellent results.
I just ran into this problem. Then I realised I had EasyPHP running (I’ve been trying different web dev solutions). After stopping EasyPHP, I was able to continue with the wordpress installation.
In Dreamweaver, make sure that the Site settings for the remote site are set properly to your local folder. (Plus the standard “Don’t make code changes to a theme, as a theme update will overwrite your changes. Use a Child Theme.”)
Actually, creating a Child Theme is well documented in the Codex along with lots of tutorials. As for changes you make to the Customization screen in the parent theme, you’ll need to export those and then import them into your Child Theme. The Child Theme doesn’t inherit Customizations (I think). But there are Customization export/import … Read more
Go to your WAMP settings and enable php_mysqli extension. You can do that within the toolbar menu on the right. Just right click on the WAMP icon and go to PHP extensions menu. PHP 5.5 will warn about the deprecated mysql driver functions. Turn off warnings by setting Debug to false in the wp-config.php, or … Read more
Moving a site is more than moving the database. And it is more than updating the wp-options table’s URLs (although that is important). You also have to change any references to the old URL in the database. I use a plugin called “Better Search and Replace” to update the URLs in the database. (There are … Read more