Running multiple sites on one Mac
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Hi folks, I've just finished my first c5 sites and I'm a delighted newbie. I now need to build a second concrete5 site and need a bit of advice.
Using Mamp on the Mac, my original site is here /Application/MAMP/htdocs/concrete – the concrete directory has the full c5 download in it. As I need a second website should it look like this /Application/MAMP/htdocs/newsitename – with the directory 'newsitename' containing a fresh c5 install downloaded from the c5 website?
Apologies if this seems like a basic question but I can't see any definitive answer that doesn't assume prior knowledge and I'm a bit lost!
Any help very gratefully received.
Thanks, John
Using Mamp on the Mac, my original site is here /Application/MAMP/htdocs/concrete – the concrete directory has the full c5 download in it. As I need a second website should it look like this /Application/MAMP/htdocs/newsitename – with the directory 'newsitename' containing a fresh c5 install downloaded from the c5 website?
Apologies if this seems like a basic question but I can't see any definitive answer that doesn't assume prior knowledge and I'm a bit lost!
Any help very gratefully received.
Thanks, John
On your mac go to: /Application/MAMP/htdocs and add another directory such as newsite so that you see /Application/MAMP/htdocs/newsite
Go to Mamp and add a database using the exact name of your new directory, ie, in this case 'newsite'.
Go to the concrete website and download a new copy of concrete5. When it has downloaded unzip the folder 5.4.1.1 (or whatever the latest version is called). Select all the files from that folder and copy into /Application/MAMP/htdocs/newsite
On your browser visithttp://localhost:8888/newsite and you see the 'install concrete' screen. Fill in the fields with the info from your Mamp Start screen (server: localhost, User: root, password: root etc...). Then click install. You're done!
I think the problem that I have in my head is that the first time you install c5 you also have to install Mamp and it's really quite confusing. However, subsequent installs don't require that and it's much more straightforward. Too easy in fact, I was so prepared for a complex install that I failed to pick up on how easy it was and got myself a bit confused. Hope this helps.