Newbie needs WAMP help

  • My company has a few websites and various programmers have been developing WP sites for us on a shared hosting account. I am comfortable with making small changes online, adding a simple plugin etc and I frequently backup the sites via FTP but as I become more comfortable with WP design, plugins, etc. I need to pull the design work onto our own local computer before making changes and publishing to the web.

    Not at all sure how to manage this. I downloaded WAMP. But how do you use it for more than one site. How/where do I import the files?

    Having recently returned from my first WordCamp and learning about these forums I thank you in advance for your insight and look forward to some interesting WP collaboration.

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  • NJ2FL,

    If you WAMP allows to run website on your local computer only from one folder (let’s say htdocs), then you may create more folders inside /htdocs/ for different wordpress blogs and access them by typing something like this in your browser:
    https://localhost/wordpress1/
    https://localhost/wordpress2/
    etc…

    Each wordpress requires it’s own database. You may create databases using phpMyAdmin.

    I personally recommend you this WAMP:
    https://www.denwer.ru/

    It’s russian (I don’t know whether they have English version of it or not, may be you’ll need a little bit of google translate), but it’s good and convenient. You’ll be able to create as much local domain names for wordpress applications as you want and many more. It’s not an ad, I just use it myself.

    Thread Starter NJ2FL

    (@nj2fl)

    i really appreciate your reply but I’m wary of anything in a foreign language as I hardly understand code create in English!

    Try EasyPHP. Originally developed in French but has plenty of English documentation.

    There is English version of Wamp you can get from here

    https://www.wampserver.com/en/

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