confusionreigns

Hi @mmediagroup ,

The only reason I want an offline WP site is for a WP class I’m attempting to take on LinkedIn.

I used to have a WP blog (which gave me fits for the 1 1/2 years I had it!), but it’s been a while, and I need to brush up. Besides, I’d only used Gute for about a month before I shut the blog down.

But I want to add blogging to freelance writing offerings, so I thought I’d better re-familiarize myself with WP.

@mmediagroup Yes, I downloaded it, and then was totally confused (hence my name…gaah! I DO NOT understand computers!). At least with the wpengine local, once it was downloaded a WP site popped up, that I could name and set up. Although unfortunately, all the crap with the host file put the kibosh on that, even after telling my anti-virus to let the program change it.

But once I downloaded MAMP, it was all Greek to me. It just looked like a bunch of confusing developer gibberish, I didn’t see how I could end up with a local WP site.

I have totally wasted my Saturday.

But I appreciate both of you guys trying to help the most technology-challenged person in the world. :/

Hi Steve,

Thanks for your quick reply! I’ll try MAMP, then, because it didn’t work with the wpengine “local” download. I downloaded it, went through the setup, named my “site” etc., but then couldn’t access it.

A message was on the top that said, “Missing hosts entry,” along with a handy button that said, “Fix it.”

When I clicked the “Fix it” button, an error message window popped up that said, “Couldn’t update hosts file. Local ran into a problem while trying to update hosts file. Please ensure hosts file is not locked by anti-virus.”

I have Webroot, so I went there and sure enough, in the advanced settings I found a box with a check mark next to, “Prevent any program from modifying hosts file.” I un-checked it, saved my change, and thought all would be well.

But it wasn’t — I kept getting the same error messages. So frustrating, because I’ve been trying for days now, which is crazy, since I just nee to set up a local WP site to practice on.

I’ll try the MAMP and see if that works.

Thanks so much.

Hi Steve,

Well, I only need one! lol But this looks good. I did a quick search on wpengine, and they rated well with PC Mag (paid services, anyway), so it seems to be a safe site.

As un-technical as I am, I tend to be quite leery of most sites offering free downloads, and try to check everything out first.

Thanks for the link!

Hi M Media,

Isn’t MAMP for Mac users?

Hi Liz,

I did what you asked but nothing works yet.

Sorry, the site hasn’t yet launched. I guess I’ll do the tweaks that I can, then launch later this week, even with the silly gray Pinterest button.

Thanks anyway.

I’ll do that, thank you!