Local Host URLs

  • I recently started hosting my own WordPress site through a MAMP local host which I was recommended. But I can’t find how anyone else can actually access my site. The URL doesn’t work, and is not the correct URL I want for my site… Can anyone help me as to how this situation is corrected. I used WordPress for my work, but I’ve never had to set up a website and host from scratch and I’m struggling.

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  • Do you mean accessible via the internet? If so, that’s not simple and has various security risks, so unless you know what you are doing, not recommended.

    Thread Starter Laurie Caumette

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    Yes, I’ve already bought the domain name through 123.reg and I want to be able to use that domain name for my new wordpress site, but no matter what I try I just can’t swap it over! Feels like it’s something that can’t be that hard to do, but simply don’t even know where to start and where I’ve been going wrong

    So you’re planning to move this site to a live server? Your local computer is not accessible from the internet.

    You’ll need to forward port 80 to your computer’s ip using your routers administration, typically accessed using your browser. This will allow your web server to be accessible to the outside world.

    You can use a service like no-ip.com to translate your web server’s IP address to a name.

    Administrate your domain name you purchased to forward any requests to your local computers new no-ip.com name or whatever service you use for DNS translation.

    It’s not impossible.

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