Valkrider wrote:The advantage of DeskTopServer is that it is ideal for Wordpress developers who don't understand the intricacies of setting up XAMPP.
Actually, none of us understands the intricacies of Xampp as a beginner. Thats the way it is. Everybody has to learn everything from the very beginning. But using configuration tools like DesktopServer is coming with the HUGE(!) disadvantage, that you are stuck when the support ends. Just as now. If you have learned how to setup Xampp / WordPress projects manually, you wont have this problem now. I wonder, how do you transfer your DesktopServer environment to a public server, which does not have DeskTop Server installed? You have to install it manually anyway?!
Ok, now it is as it is, lets start:
1) Do you have more than one WordPress Project installed?
2) Do you use your own Domainnames for each project? If yes: please list all names. As i already found out, DesktopServer preferred names like *.dev (as mywp.dev or similar).
3) Show us the contents of httpd.conf and extra/httpd-vhosts.conf
4) Did you (or DesktopServer) create SQL Databases for your WordPress projects (Probably!)? Tell us the names and the corresponding WordPress Project.
5) Did you create MySQL Users one for each WordPress Project? If yes, tell us the names, the password and the corresponding WordPress Project
6) Show us the contents of the DesktopServer folder
7) Show us the contents of /private/etc/hosts file
The goal of this actions is NOT only to upgrade PHP in Xampp (that is not recommended and does not work properly), we will try to export/import the existing WordPress projects into a brandnew Xampp installation. After we finished, you should be able to manage your WordPress projects manually without the need of DeskTop Server.