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#1 2008-10-20 2:27 am
- medialife81
- has a mac
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wordpress on leopard
i'm pretty new to web development type stuff, so bear with me if you can
i tried to install wordpress on my macbook, then found out that i need to install mysql, tried that, got frustrated with it all, quit. 
does anyone have any advice to streamline this process? is there an easier way?
thanks for any advice you guys might have! 
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#2 2008-10-20 2:47 am
Re: wordpress on leopard
Have they fixed MySQL for Leopard yet? Last I checked it wasn't working right on Leopard.
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#3 2008-10-20 3:27 am
- medialife81
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Re: wordpress on leopard
Jasoco wrote:
Have they fixed MySQL for Leopard yet? Last I checked it wasn't working right on Leopard.
no idea, hope so...
wordpress seems to be the medium of choice for a lot of bloggers; is there a quality alternative?
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#4 2008-10-20 9:51 am
- medialife81
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Re: wordpress on leopard
bump
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#5 2008-10-20 4:10 pm
Re: wordpress on leopard
medialife81 wrote:
Jasoco wrote:
Have they fixed MySQL for Leopard yet? Last I checked it wasn't working right on Leopard.
no idea, hope so...
wordpress seems to be the medium of choice for a lot of bloggers; is there a quality alternative?
If you're looking for quick and easy that will take you less than a minute, go with iWeb publishing to MobileMe.
If you still want to use WordPress and are stuck on the MySQL bit, I'd recommend using one of Marc Liyanage's pre-rolled packages to install it.
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#6 2008-10-20 4:10 pm
Re: wordpress on leopard
Jasoco wrote:
Have they fixed MySQL for Leopard yet? Last I checked it wasn't working right on Leopard.
You're just trying to get me started on a list of other things that aren't working right on Leopard, aren't you?
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#7 2008-10-30 12:21 am
- cosmicosmo
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Re: wordpress on leopard
Marc no longer creates a package, as the mysql community provides one. But he does provide good instructions for installing it. I haven't installed it in a good while, but I don't remember having too much trouble with the prebuilt package.
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#8 2008-10-30 12:30 am
Re: wordpress on leopard
There are guys at work that have installed the MySQL package just fine. You might also look in to MAMP for XAMPP if you're not familiar with running a server. Me, I use a build from MacPorts (requires a little geek++).
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