Apache, Mac, Web Server Question …

  • Hi,

    I have a number of various wordpress installs running on my local machine (Mac with Apache, mysql, php-engine). On my local machine and on my local network everything works perfectly (at, https://192/168.1.100/~myusername).

    However, when I access my local machine from afar (through my public IP address) I still can get my wordpress sites, however, the THEMES are missing. There is no CSS being loaded, no graphics, nothing. Just plain, unformatted text with no graphics.

    I remember having a problem like this before when I changed the root directory or something; but, anyhow:

    Does anyone know what would cause this to work on the local network but not publicly ?

    PS: bbpress installs and drupal installs all do the same thing so I know it is not wordpress, just don’t know how to fix it.

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  • Thread Starter thornomad

    (@thornomad)

    Hi,

    I noticed that it seems WordPress interpreters my “root” directory to be my computer name (e.g., https://damons-computer/wordpress/ ) when it processes all of my generated links in the HTML from the remote machine.

    However, if I am afar, it seems to need to insert the public IP address for all of the links/images/etc to work.

    Any idea how to get wordpress to link to the correct location so a remote user can get to my images and files ?

    Thanks,
    Damon

    Thread Starter thornomad

    (@thornomad)

    I found that if I change my “website address” and “blog address” under admin/options, to the public IP address, remote viewers can access the site — however, I can no longer get it on my local machine and had to change it back.

    Is there any way to configure the mod_rewrite file or .htaccess file to update the links accordingly so both work ?

    D

    You need to use the public IP address in the WP options boxes then edit your computer’s hosts file to load the address locally.
    Try adding 127.0.0.1 your.ip.address
    Extra information here: https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/58402

    Thread Starter thornomad

    (@thornomad)

    Hi Ian — do you know where this “hosts” file is on a mac with Apache ?

    err, do you have a “etc” or “/etc” by chance?

    There is a full how-to here and an alternative (which I knew nothing of) using NetInfo Manager.
    [Note you will probably be needing to log in with admin rights to do this]

    Thread Starter thornomad

    (@thornomad)

    Hey, yea, I found it under /private/etc/ — there is a “hosts.lpd” file there.

    I don’t have a dynamic DNS setup anymore (mind expired) but were I to, I would write:

    127.0.0.1 my.dynamic.dns ?

    Would it work with the public IP address that is shown at whatismyip.com ? Such as:

    127.0.0.1 24.243.121.3 ?

    There is nothing in my hosts.lpd file just now.

    You should have a hosts file as well as hosts.lpd in that folder. It is hosts that you want to edit. With a clean install mine reads:
    ##
    # Host Database
    #
    # localhost is used to configure the loopback interface
    # when the system is booting. Do not change this entry.
    ##
    127.0.0.1 localhost
    255.255.255.255 broadcasthost
    ::1 localhost

    What you are planning should work though. As an IP address might change, setting up a new dynamic DNS might be easiest.

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