UPDATE: Both Google Chrome AND Safari browsers now force SSL on .dev domains. We now recommend dev.cc as your extension. ServerPress owns this top level domain with the intent of ONLY maintaining it for the purpose of local development. This extension can be used with any local development platform (but we’d love it if you…
The difference between the subdomain and the subfolder is pretty simple, but the impact it has upon deploying from DesktopServer can be the difference between a quick deploy and a manual deploy. The Difference: A subdomain, essentially, is an actual DNS entry – meaning the whole Internet will see it as a named address. The name of…
UPDATE: Both Google Chrome AND Safari browsers now force SSL on .dev domains. We now recommend dev.cc as your extension. ServerPress owns this top level domain with the intent of ONLY maintaining it for the purpose of local development. This extension can be used with any local development platform (but we’d love it if you…
To enable mail services on Windows requires a few (but not obvious) extra steps. Since Windows isn’t Linux or a *nix based operating system, these settings are only needed for Windows users to mirror similar functionality like a typical hosting provider’s LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) setup. Enabling mail services will allow you to test…
UPDATE: Both Google Chrome AND Safari browsers now force SSL on .dev domains. We now recommend dev.cc as your extension. ServerPress owns this top level domain with the intent of ONLY maintaining it for the purpose of local development. This extension can be used with any local development platform (but we’d love it if you…
Starting with Windows 8.1, there are times when using the LAN Sharing feature, DesktopServer reports an IPv6 address (this is an address that looks like several octets of hex code rather than the standard IPv4 format of xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx). Unfortunately, this is a function of the operating system and DesktopServer simply returns the information that is…
Make sure the DesktopServer application is closed. Open your preferences file, here’s how. Change around line 7: “browser”:”Safari”, to “browser”:”Firefox”, or “browser”:”Chrome”,
You can create a “non WordPress site” by using the “Blank (non-WordPress) blueprint. DesktopServer will create a folder with a basic index file and empty database as well, if you’d like to use that too. If you have any SQL that you would like executed, you can do that by just including it inside a…
Have you ever thought about trying out WordPress Multisite? Are you curious as to what all the chatter is about, or perhaps you’d just like to see what plugins are multisite compatible? Starting with DesktopServer 3.2.2 for premium members, you can develop your WordPress Multisite domain solution without having to sign up with a hosting provider, pay…
Mobile Friendly is No Longer Optional Now that Google is essentially requiring all sites to be mobile friendly it is more important than ever for web developers and designers to ensure web development projects respond appropriately across a wide range of mobile devices. If you’ve ever transitioned a website with legacy code into a modern web experience (think responsive…