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Holly Holliday
Holly Holliday
1,563 Points
Posted by Holly Holliday
Holly Holliday
1,563 Points

learning WordPress-setup stage with MAMP. on a mac and the pref. window ie. Ports is different and wont work

I'm learning WP and the am setting up MAMP. The window for Ports is different and doesn't give the same info that is being taught. I can't change port 8888 to 80. It won't work. Please advise.

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Holly,

Are you receiving an error when you try to change the port?

Thanks

-Rich

5 Answers

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Hi Holly,

This may not be the solution yet but can you try this just in case please?

  • Make a note of your current settings in case you need to revert them
  • Load MAMP
  • Click on Preferences
  • Click on Ports
  • Set Apache Port to 80.
  • Set Nginx Port to 7888.
  • Set MySQL Port to 3306.
  • Click OK.
  • Click Start Servers.

Any difference?

-Rich

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

Can you post the error please?

-Rich

Holly Holliday
Holly Holliday
1,563 Points
Holly Holliday
Holly Holliday
1,563 Points

My error message is

ERROR There is a problem with the server ports. Each server must be assigned a unique port. Please check your configuration.

Holly Holliday
Holly Holliday
1,563 Points
Holly Holliday
Holly Holliday
1,563 Points

It didn't give me an error but now my testsite.com and index page that were placed in the htdocs folder wont work. I get an error-"This website is not available"

Holly Holliday
Holly Holliday
1,563 Points
Holly Holliday
Holly Holliday
1,563 Points

I figured it out. I had to change it to localhost/80. thank you for your help.

Rich Bagley
Rich Bagley
25,869 Points

No problem. Glad you got it sorted :)

-Rich