create a local website

[applemanit]

Hi everyone!
I decided to create my own website and so I bought a personal domain.
Now I just have to fill my domain with my website but before doing this I would like to work to my website from local.
I remeber once I was a teenager I used apache and mysql and I was able to display my website from local.
Thus I used a little program to upload the content of my local website online.
I really don't remeber anything about this process. Maybe someone can fresh up my memory?

 

[admwright]

Maybe you want to use something like MAMP to develop and test locally and then transfer over to the live host site?

 

[Boyd01]

Have been using MAMP for about 4 years now for a complex web app and it's great. Most likely the free version will do all you need.

MAMP PRO & MAMP Comparison Matrix

www.mamp.info

I use CyberDuck to upload code and content to the real site with SFTP

Cyberduck | Libre server and cloud storage browser for Mac and Windows with support for FTP, SFTP, WebDAV, Amazon S3, OpenStack Swift, Backblaze B2, Microsoft Azure & OneDrive, Google Drive and Dropbox

cyberduck.io

 

[ankitdixit]

Hey, Make sure you actually have IIS installed! Try typing http://localhost/ in your browser and see what happens. If nothing happens it means that you may not have IIS installed. See Installing IIS (IIS 6.0)

 

[DrewQc]

Hey, Make sure you actually have IIS installed! Try typing http://localhost/ in your browser and see what happens. If nothing happens it means that you may not have IIS installed. See Installing IIS (IIS 6.0)

There is no IIS web server on stock Mac OS, it’s Apache web server already install but not activated.

 

[applemanit]

There is no IIS web server on stock Mac OS, it’s Apache web server already install but not activated.

Exactly. I already activated it!

Maybe you want to use something like MAMP to develop and test locally and then transfer over to the live host site?

thanks, that's what I meant. Does anyone have a guide?

 

[Boyd01]

The free version of MAMP should be fine for your needs. You can get it here:

MAMP - Your local web development solution

www.mamp.info

 

[cyb3rdud3]

To create a local website you don't need anything more than a text editor and a browser Only when you want to use a big framework like for example Wordpress then you'll need a bit more.

But even then I wouldn't install MAMP locally in 2022, just use Docker. Or even easier just do it online.

 

[Ubele]

I use the free version of Local by Flywheel for my Wordpress sites. I used MAMP until about five years ago, but I found Local to be much easier. You just select the "Create a new site" option, and then specify the site name and local directory path, and Local does the rest. You can have multiple sites. I have a copy of the site I built for my wife's business in 2015 (she retired last year, so we took down the live site) as well as a hobby site of my own that I like to tinker with.

 

[orionquest]

What is the question being asked? It seems the local site has been created, and now wants to upload the site to live on the internet.
2 ways.
FTP program, log into your domain's user/html folder and upload the file to your site.
cPanel - log into your cPanel account and use the file manager to upload your files.

 

[babinokabino]

Hey, Make sure you actually have IIS installed! Try typing http://localhost/site in your browser and see what happens. If nothing happens it means that you may not have IIS installed. See Installing IIS (IIS 6.0)

I tried it but nothing happens. Even though I know exactly what I installed.

 

[dmccloud]

Hey, Make sure you actually have IIS installed! Try typing http://localhost/ in your browser and see what happens. If nothing happens it means that you may not have IIS installed. See Installing IIS (IIS 6.0)

There is no version of IIS for Mac OS, it is a Windows-exclusive service.