Comments on: Install a WordPress Development and Staging Server with WAMP (part 2) http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/ Personal commentary on technology with a sprinkling of tech-tips and how-to articles Mon, 12 Dec 2011 06:10:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mukesh Dak http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-5017 Mukesh Dak Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:37:21 +0000 http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/#comment-5017 I have got installed local copy of my wordpress blog in this fashion, thanks a lot for such informative and explanatory article I have got installed local copy of my wordpress blog in this fashion, thanks a lot for such informative and explanatory article

]]> By: bret.swedeen http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-876 bret.swedeen Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:49:17 +0000 http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/#comment-876 FYI Readers: I just updated the formatting of the configuration example text. I tested a copy-and-paste and the curled quote problem has been corrected. You shouldn't experience any more problems if you copy-and-paste and then edit the various configuration text blocks in this article. FYI Readers: I just updated the formatting of the configuration example text. I tested a copy-and-paste and the curled quote problem has been corrected. You shouldn’t experience any more problems if you copy-and-paste and then edit the various configuration text blocks in this article.

]]> By: bret.swedeen http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-875 bret.swedeen Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:26:53 +0000 http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/#comment-875 Good catch with the quote problem. I don't know the ins and outs of standard and non-standard quote characters but I do know that some editors insert curled quotes (for lack of a better description) while others insert the standard vertical quotes. The curled quotes can cause problem in various configuration files as the program needed to read the configuration file is expecting a vertical quote and gets a curled quote instead. I believe in the case of your configuration file this was the case. Solution, use a simple text editor (for Windows users try notepad), delete the curled quote and replace with a vertical quote. Save the file and try again. Also, if you copy and paste from this article, make sure you look for those curled quotes. I tried it myself and found that copy and paste to NotePad resulted in the insertion of the curled quotes. I'm going to try and reformat this post and see if that corrects the problem so readers can use copy-and-paste without a quote problem. Thanks for the comment. Good catch with the quote problem.

I don’t know the ins and outs of standard and non-standard quote characters but I do know that some editors insert curled quotes (for lack of a better description) while others insert the standard vertical quotes. The curled quotes can cause problem in various configuration files as the program needed to read the configuration file is expecting a vertical quote and gets a curled quote instead. I believe in the case of your configuration file this was the case.

Solution, use a simple text editor (for Windows users try notepad), delete the curled quote and replace with a vertical quote. Save the file and try again.

Also, if you copy and paste from this article, make sure you look for those curled quotes. I tried it myself and found that copy and paste to NotePad resulted in the insertion of the curled quotes.

I’m going to try and reformat this post and see if that corrects the problem so readers can use copy-and-paste without a quote problem.

Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: Barry http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-874 Barry Mon, 11 Jun 2007 10:51:15 +0000 http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/#comment-874 I did fail to mention one important item that may save others a lot of aggravation: DO NOT copy and paste your edit for the Apache httpd.conf file. Doing so will result in the Apache service failing to restart further down in your instructions. The problem appears to be with the quotation marks you're using. I did fail to mention one important item that may save others a lot of aggravation: DO NOT copy and paste your edit for the Apache httpd.conf file. Doing so will result in the Apache service failing to restart further down in your instructions. The problem appears to be with the quotation marks you’re using.

]]> By: Barry http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-873 Barry Mon, 11 Jun 2007 03:19:15 +0000 http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/#comment-873 Great tutorial! I got WampServer running thanks to your earlier post and now WordPress is in full swing too. Great tutorial! I got WampServer running thanks to your earlier post and now WordPress is in full swing too.

]]> By: bret.swedeen http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-667 bret.swedeen Fri, 18 May 2007 10:57:46 +0000 http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/#comment-667 Thanks for the positive feedback Papa Rage. Glad you were persistent and kept checking back. Also glad I didn't get side tracked yesterday and fail to finish as promised. Thanks for the positive feedback Papa Rage. Glad you were persistent and kept checking back. Also glad I didn’t get side tracked yesterday and fail to finish as promised.

]]> By: Papa Rage http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/comment-page-1/#comment-658 Papa Rage Fri, 18 May 2007 02:58:09 +0000 http://www.techtraction.com/2007/05/17/install-a-wordpress-development-and-staging-server-with-wamp-part-2/#comment-658 Great post! You hooked me with part one and I checked back several times today to see part 2. Keep up the good work. Great post! You hooked me with part one and I checked back several times today to see part 2. Keep up the good work.

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