Install > Mac OS X > MAMP

Installing MAMP

This package is a compilation of Apache, MySQL, PHP, Zend Optimizer, and more.

If you're on MacIntel you must download and use MAMP for PPC !

Zend Optimizer is now available for MacIntel, but MAMP it's non in MAMP intel so you currently have to use the PPC version with Rosetta.

It includes an easy to use cocoa program to start and stop the servers.

Everything will be installed in a single folder.

It runs under different ports than the apache which is shipped with OS X, so you can run the OS X apache and the MAMP apache at the same time.

Make sure to install MAMP in /Applications.

Installing the alahup folder

Simply drag & drop the alahup folder in /Applications/MAMP/htdocs .

Auto-configuration with the manager

The manager has a dashboard that lets you review web sites configuration, permissions issues, etc.

You should go to the Dashboard in the manager every time you install a new site or move the engine as it has the ability to auto-configure.

  • With MAMP's default settings, you should go to http://localhost:8888/alahup/manager/ .

    At this point, an invisible hint file is also saved in alahup/caches folder. It will remember how you reached the manager and facilitate the auto-configuration of new sites.

  • Follow the Dashboard link.

    If permissions are correct, the only error should be the missing .htaccess.

  • Click on "fix" to let the manager install the correct .htaccess.

You are now ready to create a new site !