I want to host more WP sites on WAMP server at the same time.
How to do that?
I would recommend you to download XAMPP. Basically WordPress is built on PHP and XAMPP has support for PHP. First download it and configure it then go to the installation directory and go to xampp>htdocs> then make a new folder 'project' and then unzip the WordPress files in that folder. After that read the manual provided ant xampp's website and follow it. Basically you can build your WordPress website on Xampp.
EDIT
Oh sorry for not understanding the question properly.
Now do this.
step 1: host the different websites in htdocs/ folder in xampp. You can host many websites as you want.
step 2: Then go to xampp/apache/conf/httpd.conf and uncomment the line which says this. For uncomment delete the '#' character.
Include conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
step 3: Go to xampp/apache/conf/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
Create the setup like this
NameVirtualHost *:80
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/xampp"
ServerName xampp
#ServerAlias
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/site1"
ServerName site1.com
ServerAlias www.site1.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/site2"
ServerName site2.com
ServerAlias www.site2.com
</VirtualHost>
YES. You can make sub-folders in www and make different WP websites. But be careful with the database configuration. Installing WP does nothing but coping some PHP files to that specific folder. All the data is saved in database and inside that specific folder itself (E.g. config php files).
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I have installed MAMP (free version) on my Mac and I see the Start Page but I have a problem:
I deployed wordpress but browser say unable to connect (basically I cannot see wordpress page in browser).
In Document Root if I put a static html file I am able to see it in the browser. I am also able to see wordpress administrative pages and all other pages but home page. I have 8888 and 8889 for php and mysql ports. I do not know how to debug the issues. php, apache and mysql do not report any particular problems.
I configured virtual hosts following this guide:
http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/vhosts_mamp.php
The strange thing when I put http://localhost:8888/mywebsite in the browser it is redirected to localhost/mywebsite.
In /etc/hosts I have:
127.0.0.1 localhost
In httpd.conf I activated:
Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
and in this file I have:
NameVirtualHost *:8888
<VirtualHost *:8888>
ServerAdmin myuser#gmail.com
DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs"
ServerName localhost
ErrorLog "logs/mywebsite-error_log"
CustomLog "logs/mywebsite-access_log" common
</VirtualHost>
Hope someone could help.
I found the solution. After several debugging I found that this guide is correct: http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/vhosts_mamp.php
You need: 1. In /etc/hosts add your virtual hosts like:
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 mywebsite
before I only used localhost because I hoped to use this host in browser but I found it's required to define a new host like mywebsite.
In httpd.conf I activated:
Include /Applications/MAMP/conf/apache/extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
In this file I have:
ServerAdmin myuser#gmail.com
DocumentRoot "/Applications/MAMP/htdocs"
ServerName mywebsite
ErrorLog "logs/mywebsite-error_log"
CustomLog "logs/mywebsite-access_log" common
I have a main site http://www.example.com that's written in another language (Ruby/Rails). I want a wordpress blog installed in http://blog.example.com. I have control over the server and DNS.
I have created the necessary CNAME record for the 'blog' subdomain. But after setting up apache and restarting it, when I visit http://blog.example.com, for the final installation steps, I'm redirected to http://www.example.com/wp-admin/install.php.
Also now when I try to visit the main site http://www.example.com, I'm being redirected to the above wordpress install page.
How can I make it work like this: the blog should only reside in blog.example.com path, and the main site should be accessible via http://www.example.com.
Removing the www subdomain is not an option as it's been like that for awhile for the main site. It might be ok, if somehow a redirect can be setup from www to non-www url, though I'm not aware how to set it up.
Please suggest.
Here's the main site's apache conf:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ProxyPreserveHost On
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
ServerName http://www.example.com
ServerAlias example.com
DocumentRoot /home/apps/example/current/public
<Directory /home/apps/example/current/public>
AllowOverride all
Options -MultiViews
</Directory>
#RewriteEngine On
#Redirect / http://example.com/
</VirtualHost>
Here's the apache conf for the wordpress under 'blog' subdomain:
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerName blog.example.com
ServerAlias blog.example.com
ServerAdmin webmaster#localhost
DocumentRoot /home/apps/example_blog/wordpress_blog
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<Directory /home/apps/example_blog/wordpress_blog>
AllowOverride All
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
WordPress has domain references in the database and the code which will throw your permalinks off and cause bad redirects. These renegade URLs should appear as 404's on your root domain (example.com). If not I'd double check the root domain with the sub domain removed from the vhosts.
I don't see any issues with your current vhost configuration. I would also try testing the domains in isolation if you suspect its vhost related. I suspect its a WordPress site url issue.
Assuming the database records are incorrect.
Log into phpMyAdmin or other database manager.
Select your WP database.
Go into the wp_options table (wp_ prefix may be different).
Look for the record's with option name = "siteurl" & "home".
Edit these records to reflect your new domain name.
Here's the WordPress documentation on how to switch a sites urls schema.
Document
Your problem is likely deep in various DB references throughout your WP project. I've run into this problem deploying WP before. You'll need to edit the DB directly to fix the issues.
Export your WordPress DB with phpMyAdmin or SequelPro (something that gets you a clean .sql file)
Use a text editor like Sublime or Atom, search for "www.example.com" and replace all with "blog.example.com" then save.
Upload DB to prod location and you should see these errors go away.
This should not happen if your virtual host is configured correctly
but still as your tables are not created so you can only do one try with this step :
you can add in your wp-config.php file the following parameter
define('wp_site_domain', 'blog.example.com');
This will force the wordpress to follow blog.example.com
Somehow my virtualhosts won't work and give me The requested URL / was not found on this server. I have tried multiple things, but can't get it to work. My MAMP root folder is set to the Projects folder
I have the following folder structure:
-Projects
-website1
-websites
-public
-system
-website2
What I want is website1 to work on a different URL than website 2. What I have:
<VirtualHost *:8888>
VirtualDocumentRoot "/Users/myname/Documents/Projects/websites/system/%-3"
ServerAlias *.system.test
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:8888>
VirtualDocumentRoot "/Users/myname/Documents/Projects/websites/public/%-3"
ServerAlias *.public.test
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:8888>
VirtualDocumentRoot "/Users/myname/Documents/Projects/website1"
ServerAlias test.nl
</VirtualHost>
the hosts file:
127.0.0.1 website2.system.test
127.0.0.1 test.nl
I have also tried:
<VirtualHost *:8888>
VirtualDocumentRoot "/Users/myname/Documents/Projects/%-3"
ServerAlias *.test.nl
</VirtualHost>
Nothing seems to work to get website1 (wordpress website) working under test.nl any ideas? The reason why I have that folder structure is because "websites" is for work and the root for private projects. BTW whenever I put website1 in the system folder and add : website1.public.test to the hosts file it works, however when I put it in the public folder it doesnt, it looks like the only virtualhost read is the top one?
I finally found a fix: Apache 2 only serves first virtual host
So we all know that to access your site inside htdocs you have to type "localhost/yoursite folder" right? but i have managed to change that by some help of my friend. now my friend is gone so i cant ask him to change it back. Instead of "localhost/yoursite" i can access it through "mysite.test" it has something to do with host.txt in system32. Now the problem is im installing a new drupal site in htdocs again and i cant access it since my localhost is always pointing to my first drupal site. how do i configure this?
HERE'S MY HOST.TXT
# localhost name resolution is handled within DNS itself.
# 127.0.0.1 localhost
# ::1 localhost
127.0.0.1 activate.adobe.com
127.0.0.1 drupal6.test
127.0.0.1 belmark.test
drupal 6 is my previous site. and belmark.test is the site i want the localhost to direct to which is not working. even if i omit the drupal6.test line localhost still directs to drupal6.test
and here's my httpd-vhost.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin cadaybelmark#gmail.com
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/drupal6"
ServerName drupal6.test
ServerAlias drupal6.test
ErrorLog "logs/drupal6.test-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/drupal6.test-access.log" combined
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin cadaybelmark#gmail.com
DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/htdocs/drupal7"
ServerName belmark.test
ServerAlias belmark.test
ErrorLog "logs/drupal.test-error.log"
CustomLog "logs/drupal.test-access.log" combined
</VirtualHost>
You need to configure apache (via xampp) with additional vhosts, one for each site.
A vhost configuration maps a ServerName with a DocumentRoot. For example,
ServerName localhost
DocumentRoot /path/to/my/drupal
If you want a new, second site, you will need a second vhost for it. If you simply want to replace the original site with a new Drupal installation, your original vhost can stay the same (as long as you put in the exact same place as the original, which it sounds like you did not, since the old site is still loading).
See the XAMPP documentation for how to add/edit vhost entries.
not sure if i understood your problem right
create a subfolder in htdocs and install it there.
127.0.0.1/subfolder/yoursite
My god the answer is so simple. Apache just needs to be restarted. OK! thanks for the efforts guys.
Basically what I run now on my home PC is one of these WAMP in a box applications so I can write my PHP code and use a MySQL database. That is all fine, but I run a lot of websites so now I have a folder I've called /~WEBSITES/ where I put everything making the URLs to these http://localhost/~WEBSITES/domain.com/ -- what I'd like is to be able to type http://local.domain.com/ into my address bar and have it point to my local drive, but I don't want this for everyone, just me.
Possible?
NOTE: I've running Windows XP
You'll need to setup virtual hosts with Apache, and combine that with HardCode's answer (setting your hosts file). That should do what you need.
AUTHOR EDIT: Great article, here's the quick notes on what to do (at least with the most recent version of apache2triad as your WAMP installer)
Add to C:\APACHE_INSTALL_DIRECTORY\conf\httpd.conf:
NameVirtualHost 127.0.0.1
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot "C:\apache2triad\htdocs"
ServerName localhost
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot "C:\apache2triad\htdocs\~WEBSITES\Domain1.com"
ServerName local.domain1.com
</VirtualHost>
<VirtualHost 127.0.0.1>
DocumentRoot "C:\apache2triad\htdocs\~WEBSITES\Domain2.com"
ServerName local.domain2.com
</VirtualHost>
Add to C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.0.1 local.domain1.com
127.0.0.1 local.domain2.com
Modify the text file named "hosts" found in C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc\
Suppose you want to point www.mycustomer.com to your local host. Add in:
127.0.0.1 www.mycustomer.com
You'll need to setup virtual hosts in apache (not IIS... oops), and combine that with HardCode's answer. That should do what you need.