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After exporting the db from the live site, goto your local phpMyAdmin
Select your local wp database on the left, and then Import
Browse to your file, and then select Go
After the import you need to change two entries in the DB both are in wp_options
siteurl needs to be changed to your local site url &
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I did the zipped install to c:/xampp
Stared up Apache, MySql, and Mercury entered 127.0.0.1 in my browse got in everything running, Selected Security and did everything listed to secure XAMPP, MySQL, PhpMyAdmin, and Mecury Mail. I left PHP as is.
The following steps I’ve either picked up at the sites I’ll list at the end, or […]