Comments on: WordPress using Coda and MAMP http://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/wordpress-using-coda-and-mamp/ Blog of design-loving, photo-taking, Mac-using, Christian molecular biologist and qualified geek. Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:47:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kristarella http://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/wordpress-using-coda-and-mamp/#comment-45575 kristarella Wed, 12 Aug 2009 23:47:11 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1209#comment-45575 <a class="comment_link" href="http://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/wordpress-using-coda-and-mamp/#comment-45505" rel="nofollow">Starstuff</a> --- I haven't come across any problems like that. I don't use the built in preview very often because editing WP template files, the preview of the file is not that useful. I tried it just then with a site at the root of my Sites directory and it worked fine. Differences in my set up include using the Sites folder instead of MAMP/htdocs. You can set it to do that in the MAMP options. I find it more convenient for accessing files. I'm also using a custom domain name on my MAMP installation, which can be done by following steps 1, 2 and 3 of <a href="http://net.tutsplus.com/tutorials/wordpress/how-to-set-up-a-killer-wordpress-testing-environment-locally/" rel="nofollow">this tutorial</a> (although I think in step 2 <code>ServerName http://wordpress.mu/</code> should actually be <code>ServerName wordpress.mu</code>. I don't know if any of those modifications affect the problem you're having or not. Starstuff — I haven’t come across any problems like that. I don’t use the built in preview very often because editing WP template files, the preview of the file is not that useful. I tried it just then with a site at the root of my Sites directory and it worked fine.

Differences in my set up include using the Sites folder instead of MAMP/htdocs. You can set it to do that in the MAMP options. I find it more convenient for accessing files. I’m also using a custom domain name on my MAMP installation, which can be done by following steps 1, 2 and 3 of this tutorial (although I think in step 2 ServerName http://wordpress.mu/ should actually be ServerName wordpress.mu.

I don’t know if any of those modifications affect the problem you’re having or not.

]]> By: Starstuff http://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/wordpress-using-coda-and-mamp/#comment-45505 Starstuff Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:30:35 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1209#comment-45505 Hello Kristarella, do you by any chance have any advice on how to get Coda and MAMP play nicely together. I've only recently purchased Coda, but have used the trial version last year. I have NEVER been able to get Coda work with MAMP. I've searched the forums and blogs and discussion groups and tried out so many different settings I don't know what else to do. My MAMP installation is the very basic installation in my /Applications folder. I created a new folder within /htdocs with my Wordpress setup. I can access it fine through Safari directly, but once I try to have Coda access it, nothing works. I always get the error message that the Localhost can not be reached, hung up and so on. Do you have experienced that kind of issues, or could you possible post your own settings of MAMP and Coda so that I could possibly figure out why it refuses to work? Any help would be greatly appreciated. All the best, Starstuff Hello Kristarella,
do you by any chance have any advice on how to get Coda and MAMP play nicely together. I’ve only recently purchased Coda, but have used the trial version last year. I have NEVER been able to get Coda work with MAMP. I’ve searched the forums and blogs and discussion groups and tried out so many different settings I don’t know what else to do.

My MAMP installation is the very basic installation in my /Applications folder. I created a new folder within /htdocs with my Wordpress setup. I can access it fine through Safari directly, but once I try to have Coda access it, nothing works. I always get the error message that the Localhost can not be reached, hung up and so on.

Do you have experienced that kind of issues, or could you possible post your own settings of MAMP and Coda so that I could possibly figure out why it refuses to work? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

All the best,
Starstuff

]]> By: kristarella http://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/wordpress-using-coda-and-mamp/#comment-30643 kristarella Sun, 08 Mar 2009 21:27:55 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1209#comment-30643 Simon, the easiest way to do that, if you don't already have a local copy of your files would be to make a folder in your Sites folder, create a "Site" in Coda with the FTP details of your site and the local root being the folder you just made. Connect remotely to your site and select everything and "Download to" the folder, or "Reverse publish" to the folder. If you're not familiar with Coda that might not have made any sense, but once you open it I think you'll see what I mean. Sorry, I'm not aware of any tutorials. Simon, the easiest way to do that, if you don’t already have a local copy of your files would be to make a folder in your Sites folder, create a “Site” in Coda with the FTP details of your site and the local root being the folder you just made. Connect remotely to your site and select everything and “Download to” the folder, or “Reverse publish” to the folder. If you’re not familiar with Coda that might not have made any sense, but once you open it I think you’ll see what I mean. Sorry, I’m not aware of any tutorials.

]]> By: Simon http://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/wordpress-using-coda-and-mamp/#comment-30582 Simon Sun, 08 Mar 2009 10:15:45 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1209#comment-30582 Is there a great step by step tutorial on how to do all this from the beginning? Id really love to have a local copy of my files, but I fer I'd do something wrong and lose everything in the process...thanks Is there a great step by step tutorial on how to do all this from the beginning? Id really love to have a local copy of my files, but I fer I’d do something wrong and lose everything in the process…thanks

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]]> By: David http://www.kristarella.com/2008/08/wordpress-using-coda-and-mamp/#comment-21868 David Mon, 11 Aug 2008 14:25:32 +0000 http://www.kristarella.com/?p=1209#comment-21868 Ah welcome to the world of coda. It really is a great application but I too wish it would automatically detect file changes. Fingers crossed that will be in the next update. I never thought of sharing the same wp-config file for my local version of WordPress, I currently just have two seperate files and just sync the rest of the files in coda, but it would simplify things if I could just have one shared file. I will have to try your little trick out soon. Ah welcome to the world of coda. It really is a great application but I too wish it would automatically detect file changes. Fingers crossed that will be in the next update.

I never thought of sharing the same wp-config file for my local version of WordPress, I currently just have two seperate files and just sync the rest of the files in coda, but it would simplify things if I could just have one shared file. I will have to try your little trick out soon.

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