I’m thinking about setting up MAMP on my Mac. Is there anyway I can setup MAMP so it uses its own dedicated hard drive? I have four on my Mac Pro.
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I’m probably going to go with the Pro version so if anyone has any discount coupon codes that would be good to. 
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At 02:01 -0400 15/6/12, RavenManiac wrote:
I’m probably going to go with the Pro version so if anyone has any
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It’s not that difficult to set up without MAMP. The main thing it
downloads is MySQL, which is free anyway. Your Mac has Apache and PHP
already. It just needs a couple of config file edits once you’ve got
MySQL downloaded and running.
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Thanks David, I appreciate your advice.
However, after having wrestled this past week with Perch and PHP coding, I’d prefer something that’s plug-in-play with little or no setup or configuration from me.
Will MAMP do that for me? Also, can I setup MAMP so it uses a specific drive as the server?
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I’ve just tried this and it works perfectly.
I’m also using VirtualHostX (VirtualHostX – retina studio) which allows me to associate a domain name to my local development sites. For example I can enter my-local-test-site.web or project-x.web and have the correct site load directly through MAMP. MAMP Pro also offers virtual host support although I’ve been happy with the regular MAMP and VirtualHostX for a while now.
What is great about MAMP is that you can run it just like any other application to start and stop your local servers whenever you like. Installing a server setup on the Mac isn’t as scary as it used to be (certainly for new web designers) but MAMP makes the process super easy.
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Tim.
On 15 Jun 2012, at 19:25, RavenManiac wrote:
Will MAMP do that for me? Also, can I setup MAMP so it uses a specific drive as the server?
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What kind of permissions or firewall settings do you have to make to enable this?
On 16 Jun 2012, 9:57 am, Tim Plumb wrote:
I’m also using VirtualHostX (VirtualHostX – retina studio) which allows me to associate a domain name to my local development sites. For example I can enter my-local-test-site.web or project-x.web and have the correct site load directly through MAMP. MAMP Pro also offers virtual host support although I’ve been happy with the regular MAMP and VirtualHostX for a while now.
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Tim.
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None at all. These domains are all mapped to local sites within your MAMP setup.
Regards,
Tim.
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What kind of permissions or firewall settings do you have to make to enable this?
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Tim,
Why create the site folder on an external drive and then create an alias? When using MAMP I put my Freeway files into a project folder and put that folder directly into MAMP/htdocs. Is this wrong and likely to lead to tears?
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Hi Richard,
I suggested using an alias because Kelly (RavenManiac) wanted to place the site files on a dedicated drive. I agree that normally I’d place the site files directly into the htdocs folder or in a subfolder.
Regards,
Tim.
On 18 Jun 2012, at 19:33, Richard Lowther wrote:
Why create the site folder on an external drive and then create an alias? When using MAMP I put my Freeway files into a project folder and put that folder directly into MAMP/htdocs. Is this wrong and likely to lead to tears?
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