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Have a look at this post that I answered the other day ??

https://www.ads-software.com/support/topic/database-connection-error-in-installation-with-mamp-on-dell-pc-windows10/#post-8161697

I can also confirm this is happening with the 0.80 release. Checked before updating, one vertical scroll bar. Updated and yep, two, as in the screenshots on github. ?? Latest Chrome and FF on Win 10, GeneratePress theme.

@bimkah –

As you are using the Optimizer theme, you may get more help on their support forum here:

https://www.ads-software.com/support/theme/optimizer

@staartmees –

all I see is coding.

Those are the shortcodes for the Visual Composer page builder plugin. They will appear if the plugin is deactivated or uninstalled.

Cheers!
Lyle

@sancp – additionally, these are the two primary ‘culprits’ of the Port 80 conflict and how to resolve them:

Skype:

https://docs.serverpress.com/article/34-resolving-the-port-80-conflict-on-windows-systems-running-skype

World Wide Web Publishing – Windows Service on by default in Windows 10

https://serverpress.com/forums/topic/windows-10-desktop-server/#post-69907

Hi SanCP,

As you are using the MAMP default ports of 8888 for Apache and 8889 for MySQL, you need to append the MySQL port to the DB_HOST entry. Your items for the DB setup screen on the install should be:

DB_NAME: whatever you named it (lowercase, no spaces)
DB_USER: root
DB_PASSWORD: root
DB_HOST: localhost:8889

– leave the Table prefix as-is: wp_

I just tried this on MAMP for Windows on my Win 10 machine and it works just fine ??

Cheers!
Lyle

UPDATE:

Figured out a real easy solution to scroll to an exact location. As I am using !important to make this work, I am obviously not targeting the correct selector, but it works and doesn’t mess up on mobile ??

– in the Advanced tab on the Menu Anchor module, give it a Class Name
– I used this CSS to control where it scrolls to:

.myanchor {
    margin-bottom: 40px !important;
}

Adjust the bottom margin as required ??

Cheers!
Lyle

Hi Brent,

I totally get what you are saying and agree that EL (I am NOT going to type that out all the time! ?? ) is superior in many ways to BB and other page builders, but what I am saying is how it works in day-to-day use. That is, actually building a site with it and not just taking it for a test drive ??

Things like not being able to adjust the left and right margins on a module (they are disabled for some reason), vertical margins and padding do not respond as expected, menu anchors cause erroneous scroll-to location and for me, with the Lifter LMS plugin, not displaying the rest of the page content (as works well in BB). These are just a few things that come to mind. I am currently completing my review and will forward it directly to the contact that I have at EL.

The templates are great too, but for them to be truly effective, there should be a way to place them using shortcodes, again, as BB does. I am sure that this is on the “to-do” list somewhere ??

Yes indeed we are spoiled! ?? And that is why I am “prodding” the EL devs to make it the very best! ??

Cheers!
Lyle

@yehudah –

Yes, but even in your example, it is not scrolling far enough ?? There is a big gap between where the scroll ends and where the content begins.

For this type of display, the link should scroll to the very top of the section.

Check out this example of a one page site where the desired functionality is displayed: https://www.cfwzz.ca

Mind you, this is using the Page Scroll to ID plugin where one can offset the scroll location as well as provide the menu item highlighting.

@nicole2292 –

The developer of this plugin created it for the very reason you (and I) ask! ??

Hope you can install plugins ??

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/version-info/

I have always wondered about this as well ??

@nicole2292 –

If you do not have access to your file in this case, then you can try opening the readme.html file that is in the root of your WP install.

https://mywebsite.com/readme.html

@james Huff –

I just checked a 4.5.3 version on my local server and every page in the dashboard, in the bottom right corner, says ‘Get Version 4.6’

Cheers!
Lyle

And if all else fails, just use the Duplicator plugin ??

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/duplicator/

“folder-name” was just a place holder and not an actual value to use ??

You said you copied the files into the MAMP htdocs folder. Did you create a folder within there and place them in it or are they already in a folder that you copied from the PC?

Are they like:

htdocs
wp-admin
wp-content
wp-includes
…

If like this, the URL is https://localhost:8888

Or like this:

htdocs
/wordpress/wp-admin
wp-content
wp-includes
…

If like this, the URL is https://localhost:8888/wordpress <that is, wordpress is the folder name ?? >

Or use the Duplicator plugin ?? Quick and easy.

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/duplicator/

Cheers!
Lyle

@mikegriffinn – that’s the same as my test as well and as I mentioned, it’s about 90px too far; the desired location would be to the very top of that section (top of the black) as that is how Beaver Builder, for example, works.

I noticed too that your Back to Top doesn’t go all the way to the Top top ??

Now one can always add the Page Scroll to ID plugin where you can add an offset to the scroll location, but it would be nice to be able to do so without using it.

Cheers!
Lyle

If you are using the default settings for MAMP (document root and server ports), then that is the issue.

MAMP for Mac uses port 8888 for Apache so your URL would be:

https://localhost:8888/folder-name

As tero2000 mentioned, using phpMyAdmin, edit the siteurl and home fields in the wp_options table to reflect the above-noted URL (using the folder name you are using). This will then allow you to log into the Dashboard where you install and run this plugin:

https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/better-search-replace/

This will update all the other URLs/links. Once that is done, go to Settings > Permalinks and just click Save Changes; this rebuilds the .htaccess file.

Cheers!
Lyle