WordPress makes it easy to install and edit your themes right inside your live site. In certain emergencies this can save your site from peril, but for most types of changes (plugins, themes) you should always test the effects using a local test/development environment on your personal computer, even if you aren’t writing any code yourself! This presentation will go through why you want to set up a local install as well as an overview of the easy-to-use webserver software that you need to make it happen (MAMP/WAMP/XAMPP).
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About David
David Cook has over 25 years of experience on all manners of IT, software and web development ventures. He is the founder and WordPress instructor of iCourses-Ottawa and has developed both commercial and personal WordPress sites for himself, family, friends and clients. David is a technical reviewer for Pearson Education Technology Group (currently reviewing – HTML5 Game Programming). As the president and principle consultant for Zeta Squared Consulting Inc, David is the lead Network Management Engineer for the Canadian Army and is developing a new Platform Network Management software tool-suite. Follow @icoursesottawa on Twitter.
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