MAMP installation guide?

[antknight]

Hello. I was wondering if someone would be kind enough to post up a step-by-step tutorial on how to install PW locally on MAMP?

[Adam Kiss]

1. Download zip

2. Extract in your sites directory

3. Setup vhost (optional)

4. Create db via cli/phpnyadmin/whatever tool you use

5. Open local url

6. Follow installation

7. Done

I always use vhosts for local development, so there is no need for me, but if you're running pw in folder ( localhost/pw-test/ or so), you might need to modify .htaccess, mainly RewriteBase. Search on forums if you have this issue, plenty has been written.

Good luck with pw, it's supereasy and superfun

[ryan]

I'm using MAMP here, and I don't use vhosts... I just use subdirectories. So when I want to install a new PW, I do this:

1. Make a new database using MAMP's PhpMyAdmin.

2. Open a terminal window and go to htdocs dir:

cd /Applications/MAMP/htdocs

3. Make a directory for your new site:

mkdir new-site

4. git clone the latest PW into there:

git clone git://github.com/ryancramerdesign/ProcessWire.git new-site

5. Load http://localhost:8888/new-site/ in your browser to complete the installation.

[antknight]

This is great, thanks guys.

Just thought i would add Git download link: http://git-scm.com/

EDIT: Using Git is a revelation! Love It