Using MAMP Pro develop WP: having permalink issue

  • In previous recent adventure (thread) I discovered how to use MAMP Pro to work on my WordPress installation. I got the localhost site edited to a point where I thought I’d like to see how many headaches I would have after uploading my site to my remote server.

    I created a database to match the username and password of the one I have on my localhost. I managed to connect the WordPress installation on the remote server to see the new database (and yes, I exported the mysql from localhost and imported to the remote successfully). Or so I thought.

    I edited the WordPress>settings>permalinks on purpose before I uploaded everything because I figured I need to know how to address this from the beginning so there is no time like now to learn to fix this issue.

    I now see a problem. My remote site’s home page shows an unstyled page so the page at https://mydomain.com/ does not see my stylesheet. Nor does the nav bar see any of the pages. Looks like every link wants to reference https://mydoman/something Which is how it looks when I edit on my server.

    I need to not only know how to fix this but what is the workflow for working with the localhost and then uploading to a remote server so I don’t keep messing up my links?

    I cannot believe that I can only develop the site locally to a point and then have to forever only work on the remote after uploading. Thought I would be able to develop localhost sites continually and upload changes to the remote server as needed. Thanks.

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    Thread Starter pcgs51

    (@pcgs51)

    Thanks esmi,

    OMG! I’ve used that Codex document before but not for this and didn’t realize there was more uses for it.

    For those who come along after me, the section titled, “Moving WordPress to a New Server” and sub titled, “If You Want Your Old Blog To Still Work” the part that applies to those of us who are using MAMP. Its a bit confusing at first but don’t see how you can do it any other way. I tried to take a shortcut and glad I wasn’t enjoying an adult beverage or I might not have gotten my localhost copy restored.

    Thanks again esmi!

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