XAMPP: Local Testing Server
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Cajen | Filed under softwares
I have been using XAMPP since I started managing a couple of websites for our clients. I was lucky enough to bump into this wonderful, excellent tool. In a nutshell, it lets you view your webpages on your browser without having to upload it to your webhost, and it supports PHP and MySql. This tool makes it very easy to make changes to your site (or blog) before you upload them.
Go grab a package at their website. Installation is really easy, because you don’t need to! Instead, just unzip/unrar your package to your computer and that’s it! You just need to save your files or website inside htdocs folder found inside xampp folder. You might wanna create folders inside the htdocs folder to define different websites.
If you want to check if it works, just go to your favorite browser and put ‘http://localhost’ (without the single quotes)in the address bar. You should be able to view XAMPP’s control panel and will tell you if you have successfully installed XAMPP to your system.
Now to create a testing environment for your blog, just create a new folder inside htdocs. Download Wordpress and extract the contents inside the folder you’ve just created. Then go to http://localhost/folder-name, this should prompt you to the installation page. Also don’t forget to define your database location, username, password. Read this if you need to freshen up your WP installation.
Now you can easily check plugins, new templates, design, etc. before they go live on your website. Go give it a try, and if you dont like it, then go ahead and delete the xampp folder. By doing so, you are uninstalling XAMPP. Till then!
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