Advice needed: Creating local server to create wordpress theme

  • I trying to learn how to create my own theme and I’m stuck

    I created a database, user name/password for backend access, uploaded understrap to my hostgator wordpress theme, downloaded node,js and visual studio code app.

    In the video I’m following he created backend access on visual studio code app. His url was bachbeach.local host. (im lost on creating this step). In short he is actively on the url while making changes in VSC app.

    He mentioned creating a host file to set the path for his development. I cant seen to find a way to create this. I assumes its the table section of the database i created which is blank on hostgator. In this host file he added the IP address of the data base

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  • Hi @renemiranda123,

    The hosts file is on your local computer. Are you using Windows or Mac? That is what enables you to access a URL such as bachbeach.localhost and see the files hosted on your local computer.

    If you only have one site and are using a tool like Xampp, then you’ll be able to access it through your IP, 127.0.0.1 – or indeed localhost. In the case of Xampp, they take you to the /htdocs directory.

    Hope that helps.

    Kind Regards,
    Tim

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