Just recorded a screencast to run you through how to install Drupal using MAMP (assuming similar process in WAMP), and once you get it down you can do the entire process in 4 minutes. Check it out!
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How-to Setup WordPress on MAMP (5 Easy Steps)
1. Setup a new MySQL Database through MAMP’s phpmyadmin. Name the database something you will remember. Mark down the name of the database, the server it is located on (usually localhost or 127.0.0.1, sometimes with a port number as well…8888 in my case), the username, and the password (usually root and root if you’re on localhost). You will need these 4 things later.
2. Download and unzip the latest version of wordpress from wordpress.org
3. Drop this into the htdocs folder inside Applications>MAMP>htdocs, rename the folder to match your site (in my case bentedder)
4. Open up firefox and navigate to your new URL (assuming apache & mysql are turned on). http://localhost/bentedder
5. Follow the login prompts, using the 4 items you have from step 1 (db name, server, username & login)
Done, start Blogging!
Web Designer’s Toolbox
There are a few things that should be in every web designer’s toolbox. Here’s what is in mine:
Firefox
Invaluable as a testing browser. I was in a conference in Las Vegas with Heather Solomon of Sharepoint Bootcamp, and she confirmed everything I knew when she said, “design for firefox, fix for IE.”
Firebug
A plugin for firefox, it’s brilliant. From viewing and editing your CSS to finding errors in the page. It’s awesome.
Web Developer’s Toolbar
This thing is one of my most used tools (next to firebug). Just download and install it for firefox, you’ll see what I mean.
Textwrangler, Notepad++ (for pc)
I’m a Sharepoint designer currently, so I work on a PC. However, I’m a mac on all my personal projects, so at home I need both. These two text editors are brilliant. Each have their own benefits. Notepad++ is great because you can tell it what language your text file is, and it will try to color code tags appropriately.
Photoshop
Don’t even think of anything else. Although, for a quick screenshot, crop, save, you can’t beat Preview on a mac.
MAMP
MySQL PHP, Apache, for mac. All in one server installation tool. Incredibly easy to use, turn on and off, and is so much faster testing sites locally than on your website, especially since I’m in China and half the internet is blocked over half the time.
Cyberduck and Filezilla
Cyberduck works for editing CSS files live on a server, because the open > edit > save > re-upload feature is seamless. But for large file uploads, Filezilla is much more stable, throws errors into a pile for dealing with later. All around great. But sucks at file editing transfer.
timeEdition
The single best time-tracking application I’ve ever used. Super lightweight, uploads to Google Calendars, exports to iCal, manages clients, projects, and tasks. Brilliant.
What do you use? Leave a comment!
