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I have a live website (hosted by GoDaddy). I would like to set up a development environment on my local computer (Windows 8) so that I can make changes and see how things look, and then push them over to the live site. What's the best way to do that?

I saw some similar questions, but none of them said how to get my live website set up on my local computer.

Thanks!

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You might need to install Xampp or Wamp on your computer first. Then setup a Virtual Host on your computer which will make sure your when you type your website address, it will point it to the local installation of your computer.

Download XAMPP: http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-windows.html Setting up Virtual Host: http://ddmboss.wordpress.com/2013/07/10/how-to-set-up-virtual-hosts-using-xampp/

Hope that helps

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  • Thanks for your reply. I'm now following the steps to set up Virtual Host, and I'm stuck on #7. I can't find this line in my hosts file: 127.0.0.1 localhost. My hosts file is completely commented out.
    – user3515
    Commented Oct 1, 2013 at 21:04
  • That's fine, add yours under all the commented section and you'll be fine.
    – Suthan Bala
    Commented Oct 2, 2013 at 0:33
  • Why are there so many lines? (127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.0.1 www.somesite.dev 127.0.0.1 www.multisite.dev 127.0.0.1 demo.multisite.dev 127.0.0.1 www.testsite.dev #change this to the domain name you chose earlier). Do I need to use all of them?
    – user3515
    Commented Oct 2, 2013 at 14:07
  • Don't add all of them. Just add 127.0.0.1 yourdomain.com
    – Suthan Bala
    Commented Oct 2, 2013 at 14:47
  • I added mywebsite.dev, like the instructions said, and now Apache won't start!
    – user3515
    Commented Oct 3, 2013 at 13:34
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For what it's worth, I found it was easier to set up Desktop Server than XAMPP:

http://serverpress.com/products/desktopserver/

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  • Thanks! I already have XAMPP installed, so unless it gives me problems I think I'll stick with it.
    – user3515
    Commented Oct 2, 2013 at 14:08

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