When you have your project open in BBEdit, in the bottom left corner of the window, along the bottom, there are five icons. The "raining cloud" icon is the one you want. Click on it and select "Site Settings …" at the top of the pop-up list. Enable the "Use local preview server" option and fill in the URL of your local instance (such as "http://wp-php-project.local";).
I'm guessing that you have only the wp-content folder (or some sub-folder of wp-content) in your project. Otherwise, it gets messy. For those without MAMP, Local by Flywheel is an excellent alternative for local WordPress development. Hope this helps. On Friday, July 20, 2018 at 6:11:30 AM UTC-7, Jean-Christophe Helary wrote: > > > > On Jul 20, 2018, at 22:00, Greg Raven <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > The best way I have found to do this is to have your PHP files in a BBEdit > project, > > > I've created a project for my files (I find projects hard to navigate, > namely no apparent way to move around without having to use the mouse, but > maybe I'm missing something). Basically a bunch of WP files. > > and then set the project settings to open a local website. > > > Can you be more specific ? > > To have a local website, you can use any of a number of methods, including > MAMP, HostBuddy, VirtualHostX, VirtualBox, etc., > > > I'm using MAMP. I have the test site and the "production" site side by > side, both managed under git and I'll be setting up sync to make sure I > have everything under control. Then I need to find a way to sync to the ftp > server (I don't have a clear idea how to do that but I'll get there > eventually...) > > Jean-Christophe > > or you can set up your local Apache server to serve your site locally with > PHP. I just use the built-in Apache with modifications to the httpd.conf, > hosts, and vhosts files. There are a couple of fiddly bits involved when > doing it this way, but you don't have to download and maintain anything and > it works just fine. > > On Thursday, July 19, 2018 at 9:13:42 PM UTC-7, Jean-Christophe Helary > wrote: >> >> >> >> On Jul 20, 2018, at 10:04, Scott in Pollock <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> You'll need a local server running PHP. Google 'MAMP'. >> >> >> Sorry if that was not clear. I do have everything set up already. >> >> I just need BBedit to "preview" my files not by calling file://... but by >> calling http/localhost/... >> >> What's happening now is that I edit/save PHP on BBedit and the switch to >> Safari and reload. That's not practical. Is there a way to do call that >> preview from BBedit directly ? >> >> >> Jean-Christophe Helary >> ----------------------------------------------- >> http://mac4translators.blogspot.com @brandelune >> >> >> > -- > This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a > feature request or would like to report a problem, please email > "[email protected] <javascript:>" rather than posting to the group. > Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BBEdit Talk" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit. > > > Jean-Christophe Helary > ----------------------------------------------- > http://mac4translators.blogspot.com @brandelune > > > -- This is the BBEdit Talk public discussion group. If you have a feature request or would like to report a problem, please email "[email protected]" rather than posting to the group. Follow @bbedit on Twitter: <http://www.twitter.com/bbedit> --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BBEdit Talk" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/bbedit.
