#XAMPP FOR MAC WILL NOT TRANSFER TO HTDOCS INSTALL#

Click on the Run Install button to proceed. Upon success, it will show you a success message. WordPress will now try to connect to your database. In the username field you need to enter root, and leave the password field blank. On the next screen, provide the database name you created earlier. WordPress will inform you that it didn’t find the WordPress configuration file, so you need to create one by clicking on the Create a Configuration File button. Once you have copied WordPress files, you can run the WordPress installation by accessing your site at in a web browser. Now you need to copy the contents of wordpress folder and paste it in the /htdocs/site1 folder on your USB drive.

Simply visit and download a fresh copy of WordPress to your computer. Click on the Databases on the top menu bar, and then provide a name for your database before hitting the Create button. This will open phpMyAdmin which is a web based database management software. To create one, you need to open web browser and enter in the address bar. WordPress needs a MySQL database to run, so you need to create a database before installation. For the sake of this tutorial lets name it site1. This folder will be your local WordPress site. The installation of WordPress in USB stick is not much different than installing it on your Windows or Mac computer.įirst you need to open your USB drive and go to the htdocs folder in your XAMPP installation directory. The next step is to install WordPress itself. So far, you have successfully installed Apache web server with MySQL and PHP on your USB stick. This means you have successfully installed XAMPP on your USB drive. You will be greeted by the XAMPP splash screen. Now open a web browser and type in the address bar. You will be prompted by Windows Firewall, and you need to allow access to both applications. You need to start Apache web server and MySQL by clicking on the start button next to them. This will bring up the XAMPP Control Center which looks like this: To launch XAMPP, you need to run xampp-control.exe from your USB drive. After the installation, you need to go to your USB drive and then open the XAMPP folder. The installer will now install XAMPP on your USB drive. You need to click on the folder icon, and then select your USB drive.Ĭlick on next to continue the installation. During the installation you will be asked to select the location where you want to install XAMPP.

#XAMPP FOR MAC WILL NOT TRANSFER TO HTDOCS PORTABLE#

Once you have downloaded the XAMPP portable file, you need to double click on the file to run the installation. Click on the file name to begin the download. Scroll down and find the portable version in. On the next screen, there will be a list of files available for that version. You will be redirected to sourceforge website where you need to first click on XAMPP for Windows, and then click on the latest version. Go to the XAMPP download page, and then click on More downloads.

#XAMPP FOR MAC WILL NOT TRANSFER TO HTDOCS HOW TO#

In this article we will be showing you how to install it on a USB drive connected to a Windows PC, but the installation method are pretty much the same no matter where you install it.įirst thing you need to do is download XAMPP lite. You can install it on your Windows, Linux, or Mac operating systems.

#XAMPP FOR MAC WILL NOT TRANSFER TO HTDOCS SOFTWARE#

XAMPP is a software package containing Apache web server, PHP, MySQL, and phpMyAdmin. In this article, we will show you how to install WordPress on a USB stick using XAMPP, so you can use your local WordPress install on any computer that you like. However recently one of our users asked if it was possible to use the same local WordPress install both at work and at home. Earlier we showed you how to install WordPress on Windows and Mac.

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