Troubles creating a local copy of a live WP site
Posted: Mon Dec 18, 2023 5:02 am
I am new to MAMP Pro v6.8 and am not really a developer (please bear with me). I am trying to create a local copy of a live WP site while facing a number of issues.
Attempting to use the Remote feature failed even after increasing the timeout. My ISP says nothing is wrong at the serverside and is blaming it on a MAMP.
When I try to create it manually from a server backup by naming the local instance as {siteURL}.local.com, MAMP keeps giving me a red (←) on the db name even though that db name string is a direct copy of the local db name that exists. My guess is the issue may be the db name, which contains an underscore. Although MAMP GUI lets you type underscores, I am not sure what is going on.
The only way to move on was to delete the local db, finish installation, create a new db, and load it from the gz file. Then, link the instance with the db in MAMP. All seems to be OK, but when I open it with any browsers, the browser opens a download dialog instead of loading the site. Quite puzzling.
Checked everything with wp-config.php but to no avail. If I create an empty WP local site from scratch, everything works as expected. Any pointer would be much appreciated.
Attempting to use the Remote feature failed even after increasing the timeout. My ISP says nothing is wrong at the serverside and is blaming it on a MAMP.
When I try to create it manually from a server backup by naming the local instance as {siteURL}.local.com, MAMP keeps giving me a red (←) on the db name even though that db name string is a direct copy of the local db name that exists. My guess is the issue may be the db name, which contains an underscore. Although MAMP GUI lets you type underscores, I am not sure what is going on.
The only way to move on was to delete the local db, finish installation, create a new db, and load it from the gz file. Then, link the instance with the db in MAMP. All seems to be OK, but when I open it with any browsers, the browser opens a download dialog instead of loading the site. Quite puzzling.
Checked everything with wp-config.php but to no avail. If I create an empty WP local site from scratch, everything works as expected. Any pointer would be much appreciated.