1. Set up Development Environment
Download and Install XAMPP on Mac OS X
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-macosx.html#849
X (to be read as "cross", meaning cross-platform)
Apache HTTP Server
MySQL
PHP
Perl
Local folder location:
/User/YourUserAccount/Sites/
Access Vis
http://localhost/~YourUserAccount
or /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/
It cannot be modified at first, asks for authentication
Refer to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9046977/xampp-permissions-on-mac-os-x
- Open applications folder
- Locate XAMPP folder
- Right click, get info (as described above)
- In pop-up window locate the 'sharing & permission' section
- Click the 'locked' padlock symbol
- Enter admin password
- Change 'Everyone' permissions to read & write
- In the get info window still, select the 'cog' icon' drop down option at the very bottom and select 'Apply to enclosed items' this will adjust the permission across all sub-folders as well.
- Re-lock the padlock symbol
- Close the 'Get Info' window.
2. Install Eclipse
I used Eclipse PDT (PHP Development Tool)
Refresh a view, hold "fn" key + F5
3. Add favicon
Create your favicon
http://tools.dynamicdrive.com/favicon/
Add between <head>
<head>
<link rel="icon"
type="image/ico"
href="favicon.ico"
/>
</head>
Problem: refresh browser doesn't change to new favicon
Solved: clear cache in browser, force-refresh (Command +R)
but it only works when files are on the server, not locally.
4. Setup MySQL
http://localhost/phpmyadmin/
#2002 The server is not responding (or the local MySQL server's socket is not correctly configured)
Re-opened in a New Incognito Window, it worked; so clear the browser cache did the trick.
Refer to: Creating a MySQL Database using XAMPP
http://complete-concrete-concise.com/web-tools/creating-a-mysql-database-using-xampp
Refer to: Access MySQL Command Line in XAMPP
http://ja.meswilson.com/blog/2007/04/07/access-mysql-command-line-in-xampp/
5. Setup Wordpress
Refer to:
http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/wordpress/wordpress-installation.htm
- Download wordpress http://wordpress.org/download/
- Unzip it
- Put the folder under your web directory, in my case /Applications/XAMPP/htdocs/
- Open a browser http://localhost/wordpress/
- It will say I don't have a wp-config.php file, click the button "Create a Configuration File", enter Database name, User name
- Next page "Sorry, but I can’t write the wp-config.php file.You can create the wp-config.php manually and paste the following text into it." so create wp-config.php and change database name, user name and password.
- Run and install http://localhost/wordpress/wp-admin/install.php
