Setting Up Your Laptop As a Local Web Server
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Setting Up Your Laptop As a Local Web Server
Are you interested in setting up your laptop as a local web server? The answer is most probably yes if you’ve inherited a WordPress website or you’re not confident in your ability to maintain your live website, duplicating your site on your hard drive can be a great solution. In this video series, we’re going to take you through the steps on how to duplicate your live WordPress website on your hard drive.
Reasons to Duplicate Your Website
There are several reasons why you might want to duplicate your website:
You Inherited a WordPress Website
If you’ve inherited a WordPress website, you might be afraid to touch the live website. By duplicating the live website on your hard drive, you can explore it locally without touching the live website. This can help you get familiar with how the website works without risking any damage to the live site.
Your Website is Out of Date
If your website is out of date and you want to experiment with updating WordPress, plugins, and themes, duplicating the website on your hard drive can be very helpful. By testing the updates on your hard drive first, you can ensure that they’ll work properly on your live website.
You Want to Test and Explore Plugins
If you want to test and explore plugins on your WordPress website, but you don’t want to risk breaking your live website, duplicating your website on your hard drive is a great solution. You can explore different plugins on your hard drive and then install the plugin you like on the live website.
You Want to Redesign Your WordPress Website
If you want to redesign your existing website using the same content, but with a different look and feel, duplicating your website on your hard drive is a great option. You can redesign the site on your hard drive and then upload the redesigned website.
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Step-by-Step Guide Included
When you sign up for our video series, you’ll receive a step-by-step guide for Windows that will walk you through the process of setting up your laptop as a local web server. Our guide has been written in such a way as to ensure that anyone can follow along and complete the process successfully.
Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced user, our guide will provide you with all the information you need to get started.
Macintosh
We have included steps on how to set up a Macintosh as a local web server.
Conclusion
If you’re interested in setting up your laptop as a local web server or duplicating your live WordPress website on your hard drive, you should definitely sign up for our video series. Our step-by-step tutorials will equip you with the knowledge and skills to accomplish these tasks with ease.
When you sign up for the video series, you’ll also receive two months of free support from our team. If you have any questions or run into any issues, we’ll be there to help you out. So what are you waiting for? Sign up now and start taking control of your website!
If you prefer, we offer a service where we can install it for you.
This course is offered in collaboration with our partner company, The Website Hoster (https://the-website-hoster.com)
Course Content
Setting Up a Windows Laptop/Desktop As a Local Web Server
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Getting Support & Downloading the Step-by-Step Guide
00:00 -
What is a Local Web Server?
20:25 -
Downloading the Wampserver Installation File
04:44 -
Installing Wampserver
11:15 -
Starting Wampserver
04:14 -
Adding www directory Wampserver Menu Option
02:51 -
Allowing Links on Wampserver Page
02:24 -
Changing PHP Version
04:22 -
Changing Upload Values
03:40
Setting Up Your Macintosh As a Local Web Server
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