Problems using WordPress on Apple OSX WebServer

look in ur mysql db which path is given for your wordpress installation.

I use the same system as you (i.e. https://pandora.local:8888/wordpress )

I use MAMP with MacOSX Shared Webservice. Set MAMP Ports to :8888 so u can reach ur webserver via https://username.local:8888

Thanks for the reply.

I tried using MAMP and it did work. But I ran into the same problem (i.e. getting others to be able to see the blog on their machines).

“look in ur mysql db which path is given for your wordpress installation.”

Sorry for sounding slow, but where would I find this?

Since I too am now using MAMP, you mentioned username. In the wp-config.php file, MAMP tells us to input the following settings:

DB NAME: wordpress
DB USERNAME: root
DB Password: root
DB Host: localhost

Based on these details, I try and access the blog using the following URL from other machines:

https://root.local:8888/wordpress/

It doesn’t work as yet.

Any suggestions please?

@kashifamin:

wp_options>site_url

did u check web-sharing in ur OSX Settings?
did u change the htdocs path of MAMP to OSX htdocs folder?

I wrote sth up for you:
https://horttcore.de/2008/02/07/shared-network-webserver-mit-macosx-leopard/

Dunno about ur german skillz, but I bet the pictures will help you ??

Hi xzeed,

Thanks for the link.

Followed this closely, but I am still having problems ??

Let me give you a breakdown of my current settings.

MAMP’s htdocs and my wordpress is sitting in the following location:

/Library/WebServer/Documents/htdocs/wordpress/

MAMP Preferences are:

Apache Port: 8888
MySql Port: 8889

My machine is called “studioblog”. I try and access this blog from other machines using the following URL:

https://studioblog.local:8888/wordpress/

What I get from all of the above is this:

“The Web site cannot be found”

“The site you are looking for is unavailable due to its identification configuration settings…..”

Any ideas what I am doing wrong?

Mmh… what do u see when u try to reach https://studioblog.local/ there should be a test site at least.

Can u reach MAMPs local starts page, there isa link in the gui.

I don’t see anything except the error page that starts with:

“The Web site cannot be found”

“The site you are looking for is unavailable due to its identification configuration settings…..”

Very frustrating!!!

Yes I can reach MAMP’s local start page fine. In fact, on the “studioblog” machine, MAMP & WordPress work fine.

I just can’t access the blog from other machines…?

Thats very strange, try to get a look at the weekend in the configuration files, maybe I’ll find a ways to help you :-/

Thanks xzeed. Appreciate it.

Hi there,

Tried something new, but still no luck!

I’ve installed MAMP in the ‘Sites’ folder on the “studioblog” machine so that now it sits in the following directory:

Users/kashif/Sites/htdocs/wordpress/

Now, again, wordpress site works fine on the host machine. When I try to access it from another machine, I try using the following address:

https://”IP Address”/~kashif/htdocs/wordpress/
or
https://studioblog.local/~kashif/htdocs/wordpress/

What I get from this is:

“Error establishing a database connection”

Any ideas what’s going wrong?

Kashif.

that sounds really wired,
what is in ur wp-config?

Hi Xzeed,

I’ll check my wp-config and get back to you.

It is weird isn’t it ??

Thanks,
Kashif.