wordpress rocks, but I need help

Change the 127.0.0.1 in your WP URL settings, under Options > General to 24.90.64.137.
Look at your page source and you’ll see that as where it’s looking for the CSS file.

Hello Beel, Hello Kitten, thanks for the feedback.
Problem is that once I do that, I can’t actually see my own pages. Has something to do with the fact that my webserver is on a LAN with computers that have static IPs behind a router with its WAN IP. My browsers can’t resolve a link based on the WAN IP.
For the sake of experiment, though, I have set this up this way. Would love to hear if it’s actually working. For clarity’s sake, in the General Options area, I have changed both the WordPress URI and Blog URI to ” https://24.90.64.137/blog “
Is there a way to setup a path to an external CSS file that doesn’t require me to enter an http address? That would make it possible for you and me to see my pages properly formatted… or is there something about that that wouldn’t work?

What exactly to the WordPress URI and Blog URI links do, respectively?
Are there folks out there who are hosting on the same computer you use to view your blog? How do you have wordpress configured in order to do that?

Beel, my propblem is that maybe I want something that isn’t technically feasible?
Here’s my question: Is it impossible to configure wordpress on a Mac with a static LAN IP behind a router so that my blog will simultaneously work for a user on a browser on that blog-serving Mac as well as for people on the WWW?
In other words, if I can’t access my blog at all, then its being fully functional on the WWW is sort of meaningless.
https://24.90.64.137
Are you aware… is ANYONE aware of a workaround here? Or is this whole idea of a computer functioning as a server and a client at the same time just goofy?

The link you provided now serves up a page with a link to your blog that comes formatted with the default css (green background color in header, etc.).
I have my site on my computer behind a router. I have set the router to forward all Internet requests to the computer IP that runs the server and blog. The only difference is that I am not on a Mac (which shouldn’t make a difference).
The only problem you now have is that https://24.90.64.137/blog/index.php serves up the page, while `https://24.90.64.137/blog/’ does not.

WOW, Beel, I just visited your site. It’s absolutely inspiring what you’ve got going on there! Excellent design, very readable, very approachable. Is that mostly CSS?

Beel, first off, thank you so much for staying with me on this. Our setups sound like they’re virtually identical, so I’m feeling hopeful.
So that I’m being clear, when you link to my blog, the standard config with the default css, you’re doing so from a page that I am only able to see by linking to my webserver from another computer on my network using its LAN IP. Whenever I plug my WAN IP into my browser (https://24.90.64.137), I get nothing.
Now, I am able to change my wordpress config so that I see what you see when you get to my blog, but only by changing the WordPress URI and Blog URI to https://127.0.0.1/blog. And, of course, at that point, there is no way for anyone to see my blog, so what’s the point?
Is there something in your configuration that makes it possible for you to use your browser to see your blog at the same time that I can? There must be. I agree that the platform shouldn’t really matter.

That is beginning to sound a bit odd to me so maybe it is a mac quirk. I would expect if other computers on the network were able to access the site, then that one should, too. Hopefully some mac users will jump in here.

…don’t look at me. Server issues aren’t my strong point. But I’ll ask around.

@adamwc, I’m not a Mac user but I’ve had similar setups in the past. So here’s just some ideas off the top of my head:
– If you’re running some kind of firewall on the webserver; you might want to look at it’s settings. It’s possible that it’s stopping you from connecting within your LAN.
– You might want to double-check how you setup your router to allow port 80; something might still be mucked up in there.

One last Q, Beel. What is your wordpress configuration under Options for addresses? For me, changes to this make the difference between having the site work on my LAN and having it work for the outside world.

Manzabar, thank you. Hmm. My Mac’s software firewall is not on, so it’s not that. The router setup may be the issue, but I’m seriously at a loss as to how to tackle it. It’s a minor miracle that I actually got it to work at all. ??
Macmanx, thanks for asking around.
Boy, I know I’m close. The fact that Beel has this same setup working makes me feel like I’m really close. Beel, what exactly are your settings under “Options” for the wordpress and blog addresses?

In Options, when I change the URI for only the wordpress address to my LAN IP, I am able to see and interact successfully with everything. But this makes it impossible for anyone else to see my blog. Hmmm.

Manzabar, thank you! I am pretty paranoid (not in general, just around terminal interfaces) and with all of the things I’ve been doing I have saved screenshots and saved stuff.
“The dream” for me was to be able to serve a blog from the comfort of my home, and I will continue to pursue this to the best of my ability, though I have to admit, this has been a frustrating two day period.
I am using a Netgear RP114 router/4-port ethernet hub. There was scant documentation included with this when I bought it about two years ago, and I’ve found nothing specific to it that has helped me get as far as I’ve gotten.
Thanks again. Here’s hoping somebody out there has a clue as to why my wordpress is misbehavin’!

adamwc – I show an additional port opened by default when I enable personal websharing. In Preferences/Sharing/Personal Web Sharing do you only show port 80?