MAMP/XAMPP set up local host

[jamesdavid]

I first tried installing MAMP but i seemed to have all sort of problems.

I then got the 'zen cart 400 page manual' which told me to use XAMPP, but the instructions are for windows. Does anyone know how to set up the local host for Mac?

I got my macbook pro a month ago so im sure ive got the latest os, etc.

Thanks

[DrByte]

I just, for the first time today, installed MAMP, and set up a Zen Cart site running on my new MacBook Pro. I'd say it was a painless process:

1. Download the software from the mamp.info website
2. Agree to install terms
3. Drag the MAMP folder to the Applications folder (a usual Mac procedure)
4. In the Applications/MAMP folder, double-click on the MAMP.app file
5. Accept license, and choose just to use MAMP, and not MAMP PRO.
6. Click on Start Servers in the MAMP application control window.
7. Decided that I wanted to change the preferences so that Apache runs on port 80 (so I don't have to say localhost:8888 everything I want to look at my local server), so I clicked on Preferences, then on Apache, then on Use Apache and MySQL defaults, and saved the changes. It asked for my MAC user password in order to allow the system port change to be completed.
(Make sure you do not have Personal Web Sharing turned on for your Mac if you are running your MAMP server on port 80. You can turn it off in System Preferences.)
8. Clicked on Open Start Page, and it shows me all my appropriate settings such as my MySQL username and password so I can put them into my Zen Cart when I set it up.
9. Clicked on the phpMyAdmin tab, and created a new database named zencart138.
10. Use finder to create an /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/zencart folder (change "zencart" to whatever you prefer)
11. Unzip a copy of Zen Cart files into that folder.
12. Open the browser and point it to: http://localhost/zencart ... and Zen Cart fires up in Install mode.
13. Fill in all the fields as appropriate, and complete installation.
14. Access my store as usual via http://localhost/zencart and admin as http://localhost/zencart/admin

I found it to be very straightforward as far as installing an application on the Mac and as far as installing a website application.

[jamesdavid]

Thanks for the instructions. Ive uninstalled xampp and im trying mamp.

Step 12 isnt working. when i type in http://localhost/zencart i get 'Safari can’t connect to the server.'

[jamesdavid]

Turns out I needed the port number in the address as well. Thanks for the instructions, it seems to be working.

[Nick_H]

Yes, MAMP uses port 8888 as default, but you change it to default Apache port 80 and it will then work without the port number.

That one scuppered me for quite a while when I switched to Mac

Nick

[jamesdavid]

How do I set up my local host as www.example.com? the zen cart guide only has instructions for windows.
james

[toonartist]

I just, for the first time today, installed MAMP, and set up a Zen Cart site running on my new MacBook Pro. I'd say it was a painless process:

1. Download the software from the mamp.info website
2. Agree to install terms
3. Drag the MAMP folder to the Applications folder (a usual Mac procedure)
4. In the Applications/MAMP folder, double-click on the MAMP.app file
5. Accept license, and choose just to use MAMP, and not MAMP PRO.
6. Click on Start Servers in the MAMP application control window.
7. Decided that I wanted to change the preferences so that Apache runs on port 80 (so I don't have to say localhost:8888 everything I want to look at my local server), so I clicked on Preferences, then on Apache, then on Use Apache and MySQL defaults, and saved the changes. It asked for my MAC user password in order to allow the system port change to be completed.
(Make sure you do not have Personal Web Sharing turned on for your Mac if you are running your MAMP server on port 80. You can turn it off in System Preferences.)
8. Clicked on Open Start Page, and it shows me all my appropriate settings such as my MySQL username and password so I can put them into my Zen Cart when I set it up.
9. Clicked on the phpMyAdmin tab, and created a new database named zencart138.
10. Use finder to create an /Applications/MAMP/htdocs/zencart folder (change "zencart" to whatever you prefer)
11. Unzip a copy of Zen Cart files into that folder.
12. Open the browser and point it to: http://localhost/zencart ... and Zen Cart fires up in Install mode.
13. Fill in all the fields as appropriate, and complete installation.
14. Access my store as usual via http://localhost/zencart and admin as http://localhost/zencart/admin

I found it to be very straightforward as far as installing an application on the Mac and as far as installing a website application.

Thanks for this it was really helpful. Installation was as nice and easy.... now the fun begins!

Duncan

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[KHageman]

OK, I am new to Zencart.

I got to step 12 in DrByte's instructions and can't figure out what to do. When I put in http://localhost/zencart Safari can't connect. When I try to use 80 in the mix I cant get any other reaction from Safari. Help a newcomer, PLEASE!!!

KEN

[canopy]

Make sure you do not have Personal Web Sharing turned on for your Mac if you are running your MAMP server on port 80.

Also check that you have renamed the uncompressed Zen Cart zipped file to something like "zencart" as per Step 10 of DrByte's instructions if you want to access your Zen Cart store at http://localhost/zencart. If you have renamed it to "shop", then access your Zen Cart store at http://localhost/shop.

[roeghar]

Well, I just have to jump in here to ask a question and make a comment. Why mess with MAMP/XAMPP at all when Mac OS X has it all built in already? I just recently upgraded my G5 ppc, on which I run my Zen Cart test server, from Panther 10.3.9 to Leopard 10.5 so I had to deal with this again (Instead of zencart pages, all I was served was a list of folders and question marks.) In Leopard php, mysql, and apache2 are all installed by default (I think it was the same with Panther, but its been a few years). In Leopard, however, php is not enabled by default, but all it takes is turning it on and making a few minor adjustments to get everything working correctly. This page in Macoshints spells it out as clearly as anywhere http://www.macosxhints.com/article.p...71030153912813 (but a Google search will bring up several sites giving what is basically the same advice).
Its just a matter of copy and paste and your zencart site can be placed in Library/WebServer/Documents and you're ready to go. No changing the port number as this is the folder set at port 80 for serving webpages.