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You need to get into your general settings and change the site url. You can’t type wp-admin and access the panel? Try changing it directly in the DB. May need to reinstall.

Do you have WP installed locally? 127.0.0.1 is the IP for your localhost. It is how you can view your web server’s pages locally. If this isn’t the case then go to settings > general and change the url.

If you want some great css help check out https://www.codingforums.com

What I do is write custom loops for pages, and then I will display posts from a single category on a page. Then I hide those categories from my main loop. It works really well. I never use plugins. It is all done using WP functions.

I’ve even gone so far to style the css so some pages will look like a long list, but are actually multiple posts. By doing this I can have recent posts from the category assigned to that page displayed in my sidebar.

Try chmodding your files and folders.

Could you please tell us what changes you’ve implemented? Not trying to be mean, but you should refrain from bumping your own threads. Mods frown on it, and it keeps you from getting help because everyone looks for threads that have not been responded to.

Here is a very simple way. Just export the sql. Go to export, put all of the sql into notepad. Then Copy and paste all of that sql into the MAMP DB.

If your localhost website is not working then your configuration is wrong. Make sure you are using the right IP. I am not as familiar with Mac so if you could be more detailed I’ll try to help.

Did you transfer your database objects successfully? If so, tell us. Now if your only problem is accessing the server locally tell us that to.

Try restarting Apache, or whatever web server Mac uses.

I really like the TwentyTwelve theme.

Esmi is right. WP will pull out the tags. WordPress uses php to pull the site title out of the database.
Make a child theme and inside of your header.php just write out your title and wrap the text you want with em.

I find it best to find an old outdated theme, strip it down, and build it back up. It helps keep me informed on all current WP theme requirements. If your theme will be as custom as you say why not build your own from scratch? Build a simple base theme and back it up. Then use this base every time you start a new theme. Just continuously update the base to match WP requirements.

There is BlankSlate but I think it is too bloated with custom functions.

Sounds like IIs7 is configured poorly. Keith is correct. A LAMP server is much easier and faster.

I don’t understand the dilemma? You have two instances of your WP site. One locally on your machine, and one on your web hosts server for the world to see.

They should be treated as two separate things. If you want to mess with your database use phpmyadmin. I’m sure your host has it in your control panel. Install your own copy on your local machine.
If all you want to do is edit your site then edit the code, and upload the changes. Why do you need to change items in your db to do this?