Comments on: How to Install and Try WordPress on your Home Computer

By: Computer Repair

Computer Repair — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 01:00:28 +0000

This is a really great guide for people to get to know wordpress. I have a similar setup, but I use VMWare to run an ubuntu server that I test with. With a real linux install, you can actually secure it and even host websites on your home internet connection.
One point I would bring up is if you want to test with a domain name, you can add a domain and your local ip to c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts and it will be as if you are interacting with your real domain but on your own computer. This comes in really handy for me with testing a site and then being able to transfer it to a real host without any changes.

By: Sara Rosso

Sara Rosso — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 10:54:46 +0000

@computer – thanks, fixed!
@Paul – that’s a browser problem, not a WordPress problem

By: kpb

kpb — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:10:54 +0000

Excellent article !
This is the same way I tested out WordPress before going live.
I still use it for testing plugins.

By: Mark Frost

Mark Frost — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 03:36:09 +0000

Thanks for the info. I am going to fine-tune my blog offline with your method and should have the site upgraded in a couple of weeks.
Thanks again.

MAF

By: Paul

Paul — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 20:30:32 +0000

Hi,

I followed your instructions and others in putting wordpress on localhost and all went well. But I accidentally hit a right-click mouse setting that said “block all localhost images”. Now all the images for the entire wordpress admin pages and the web site itself are gone. How do I put the images back so I can see them?

If you can help, thank you.

Paul

By: computer

computer — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 04:31:17 +0000

Straight forward steps make the install go very easy! Only thing (for people that follow word for word) – change the following item in step 3 “C:xampphtdocsmywordpressfolder” to “C:\xampp\htdocs\mywordpressfolder”

By: Marla

Marla — Sun, 05 Apr 2009 13:31:11 +0000

Very helpful as I didn’t want to risk putting my already established webs at risk from not having a clue how the new WP works. Now. “when I have time”…I’ll give this a go. Need to clear out some space first. Always several side steps before going forward. Thanks for your help.

By: kim

kim — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 20:57:51 +0000

Great post, Sara! I’ve been having major issues trying to work with WP on my web host while my domain names are still associated with other things (i.e. Blogger). Seems like it needs a domain name to work with and keeps redirecting all links to the live domain… hopefully an offline approach will be better:)