Difference between revisions of "TMS:Website Development Log"
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The most recent version of the website (v6) was designed by James Burk and Shawna Armstrong. | The most recent version of the website (v6) was designed by James Burk and Shawna Armstrong. | ||
| − | === Local Workstation Setup === | + | ===Local Workstation Setup=== |
| − | * OS: I use Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10. Set this up by downloading Ubuntu 18.04 from the Windows Store. | + | *OS: I use Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10. Set this up by downloading Ubuntu 18.04 from the Windows Store. |
| − | * Locally installed tools: | + | *Locally installed tools: |
| − | ** Windows: | + | **Windows: |
| − | *** Visual Studio Code | + | ***Visual Studio Code |
| − | *** Filezilla | + | ***Filezilla |
| − | *** HeidiSQL | + | ***HeidiSQL |
| − | *** Git for Windows | + | ***Git for Windows |
| − | ** Ubuntu (within WSL) | + | **Ubuntu (within WSL) |
| − | *** Apache | + | ***Apache |
| − | *** NPM / Node | + | ***MariaDB (this can also be installed on the Windows side. MariaDB Is a drop-in open-source replacement for MySQL, which is now owned by Oracle) |
| − | *** Gulp | + | ***NPM / Node |
| − | *** Git | + | ***Gulp |
| − | *** WP-CLI | + | ***Git |
| + | ***WP-CLI | ||
I create a C:\Sites folder with Windows Explorer and associate that within Ubuntu by using "ln -s" to make it ~/Sites. | I create a C:\Sites folder with Windows Explorer and associate that within Ubuntu by using "ln -s" to make it ~/Sites. | ||
I set up the local Apache to host a domain such as "marssociety.test" to point to localhost with that ~/Sites directory. This allows me to easily use a browser in Windows 10 to test the local instance of the site, running on Apache. | I set up the local Apache to host a domain such as "marssociety.test" to point to localhost with that ~/Sites directory. This allows me to easily use a browser in Windows 10 to test the local instance of the site, running on Apache. | ||
| + | |||
| + | ==== Set up Wordpress locally ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | * Reference: https://hellojason.net/blog/how-to-setup-wordpress-locally-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux/ | ||
| + | * Install wp-cli to live at /usr/local/bin/wp | ||
| + | * Install and configure Apache to use local Sites folder as above, creating a new .conf file and enabling it. | ||
| + | * Edit Windows hosts file to use .test domain | ||
| + | * Run the WP-CLI command "wp core download" in ~/Sites/v6 | ||
| + | * Update the wp-config.php use local database and hostname as "127.0.0.1" (loopback IP address). | ||
| + | * Test the configuration by opening a browser and doing Wordpress Setup. | ||
| + | * Ready to go! | ||
Revision as of 10:07, 31 March 2019
This is a development log for the main Mars Society website.
The most recent version of the website (v6) was designed by James Burk and Shawna Armstrong.
Local Workstation Setup
- OS: I use Windows Subsystem for Linux on Windows 10. Set this up by downloading Ubuntu 18.04 from the Windows Store.
- Locally installed tools:
- Windows:
- Visual Studio Code
- Filezilla
- HeidiSQL
- Git for Windows
- Ubuntu (within WSL)
- Apache
- MariaDB (this can also be installed on the Windows side. MariaDB Is a drop-in open-source replacement for MySQL, which is now owned by Oracle)
- NPM / Node
- Gulp
- Git
- WP-CLI
- Windows:
I create a C:\Sites folder with Windows Explorer and associate that within Ubuntu by using "ln -s" to make it ~/Sites.
I set up the local Apache to host a domain such as "marssociety.test" to point to localhost with that ~/Sites directory. This allows me to easily use a browser in Windows 10 to test the local instance of the site, running on Apache.
Set up Wordpress locally
- Reference: https://hellojason.net/blog/how-to-setup-wordpress-locally-on-windows-subsystem-for-linux/
- Install wp-cli to live at /usr/local/bin/wp
- Install and configure Apache to use local Sites folder as above, creating a new .conf file and enabling it.
- Edit Windows hosts file to use .test domain
- Run the WP-CLI command "wp core download" in ~/Sites/v6
- Update the wp-config.php use local database and hostname as "127.0.0.1" (loopback IP address).
- Test the configuration by opening a browser and doing Wordpress Setup.
- Ready to go!
