MAMP – is it only for 1 desktop?

  • Hi

    I’m using mamp as my local server for wordpress, but I’m just thinking if I want to show my client the current web that I have done, if he downloads the mamp to log into wordpress, will the web reflect? or will it only be on my desktop?

    Are the any ways i can show it to him using an online server?
    I tried ftp, but I am clueless on how it works after uploading in onto cyberduck….

    Thanks!!!

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  • MAMP is a one-PC system. I don’t use it (I use WAMP as I’m on a Windows computer) but you shoudl be able to set it to allow public browsing – but the other person will need ot be on the same network, and your PC will most likely only be accessible by it’s IP address and not any sort of server URL.

    You can put it on a “staging” or “development” server for them to see by transferring all of the files, and setting up a new database, and updating the database connection details in your wp-config.php file of course. You can find out more info here.

    You’ll want to review that link above anyway because you’ll need to do that to transfer the site to your client when it’s done.

    Thread Starter wtyzzzz

    (@wtyzzzz)

    Hi!

    Thank you for replying!
    Can I just ask what do you mean by reviewing the link?

    I manage to find a few localhost that allows the sharing of web through their web server, such as:

    Forward hq
    Proxy Local etc

    But I am still stuck at the installation, because i don’t know what ports i am using..
    Any idea?

    Thanks so much!

    As I said, I don’t use MAMP, so I can’t be 100% sure, but if your URL looks something like this:

    https://localhost:8080

    Then it means you’re using port 8080.

    If it looks like this:

    https://localhost

    Then you should be using port 80, whicih is the standard HTTP port number.

    @wtyzzzz –

    I use MAMP extensively and the easiest way for you to show a client what you are working on is to purchase a remote hosting plan and build their site on that; use MAMP or any other local server just to test things out.

    Use a sub domain or just a path off the root of the hosting account (e.g www.my_staging_account.com/client_1) So much easier to do.

    And if you are doing this for a client, that means that you should be able to afford to purchase said account to do so ??

    You guys should try Burrow.io. You can expose your local website through an URL like myapp.burrow.io, and it’s free if you only need one tunnel. It’s setup-free, no download required, and you create the tunnel through the website. Then all you gotta do is to paste a command on your terminal and it works like magic!

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