editing wordpress offline?

I've always been able to create new wordpress themes offline using Xampp, but I've been wanting to redo an already existing site (filled with a ton of content).

Is there a way I can copy my own wordpress website to my harddrive? What would be the easiest way for me to work with the theme (this theme is pretty complex, many different pages, with each page having different code)?

 

you can import your site as xml from wp admin, or just export db using phpmyadmin and copy your source file to xampp

 

copy the db file and the wp folder.thats ok

 

Oh, thanks! That's I also wanted to do

 

If you want to modify your WP blog offlline, follow some steps bellow:

- Download all data from your hosting to /xammp/httdocs/folder_named_you_want. Examples your site is "abc.com", named it "abc.com".
- Export database from MySql on hosting via phpMyAdmin.
- Import database to MySql in local computer (XMAPP), use phpMySql too.
- Edit your "C:\Windows\System32\Drivers\etc\hosts". Insert this line "127.0.0.1 abc.com"
- Make a virtual host in apache config
- Start your XAMPP
- Do anything you want !

 

I am able to copy the whole blog of mine in local hard drive. The most important is your database file, and theme. If you want to have the images then, it is "upload" folder too.

 

Hey mate, can you help me, please?

I want to edit my websites offline as well. I use EasyPHP. It's similar like XAMPP, isn't it?

I know how to do everything from your list apart from this point: "- Make a virtual host in apache config". I searched Google and tried a dozen of different things but can't make it working. I think that the main problem is that EasyPHP uses port 8888 instead of 80 for local hosts.

Any advice how to fix this? Thank a lot in advance

 

Tell me Plz how to Edit Offline???

 

Can you post the statement of virtual host ?