Installing WordPress Locally

  • Hi there,

    I’ve installed WordPress in my PC (Windows XP)and am using it to try and test different alternatives to my blog (editing, changing theme appearance, etc.), before publishing it. Because I also want to work on it while away of my pc, I’ve also installed it in my laptop (Windows 7). Is there a way I can have access to the same blog via my pc and my laptop (without having to duplicate on one machine what I’ve done on the other one, of course)? [my apologies to all of you for my my poor skills at using the technical lingo. I’m a complete beginner, so have mercy on me!]

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  • is it a website that is already up and working that you have wordpress installed on? if so you should be able to go to https://yourwebsite.com/wp-admin and login with whatever your username and password is that you set and edit it from there… also i know when i set up wordpress on my linux machine one of the options during the installation asked if i wanted to allow access outside of localhost and i had to say yes so i could access from my laptop and when i was away from home

    Thread Starter Gart

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    Hi vermithrax423, thanks for your message. My blog is not running yet, I’m just trying to learn and see how WordPress formidable and beautiful capabilities work, before going “live”. So, I guess the first part of your comment doesn’t apply to me, yet. As to the second part, that’s exactly what I’m looking for; unfortunately, I know nothing about Linux, so I installed WordPress on both my computers via Wampserver 2.0 and it didn’t offer me the option you mention. Any other suggestions? Thanks again!

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