you certainly can. simply point your browser (aka HTTP client) at
http://localhost. configure apache (aka HTTP server) to serve the desired
website with the virtualhost defined as "localhost" and you should be good
to go.

-wes

On Mon, Mar 20, 2017 at 1:24 PM, Richard Owlett <[email protected]> wrote:

> My Pastor has asked me to administer the church's new website {designed
> and hosted by a consultant using WordPress}. I would like to run my own
> copy of standard WordPress physically locally for self-education.
> Reading wordpress.org, WordPress inherently assumes it is running under
> Apache (IIRC). I have an old desktop which physically does not have
> ethernet - the reason for another thread. In the meantime, can I run a
> client and server simultaneously on my one other operable machine?
>
> TIA
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