MAMP Start Page

I’ve been using a fantastic little application called MAMP to develop my websites and do some work for clients over the past year or so.. However, after a recent re-installation of my MacOS and subsequent MAMP installation I got a little excited about getting things customized and wiped out the MAMP Start Page URL in my haste to get the proper document location configured. After countless web searches with way more information than was helpful I wasn’t able to find a link with the default start page path.

Unfortunately, reinstalling MAMP has no effect on the silly change I made, so I suspect the information is stored in some random hidden file..

So. For the record (and so I don’t have to go searching for this info again). The MAMP Start Page value should be /MAMP (and be sure to keep it upper case!)..

MAMP Start Page setting

Also for the record, I store my documents in a folder called MAMPserverData that lives in the documents folder of my profile. This ensures that when I do a backup I don’t have to go searching for the code behind my development sites..

MAMP alternate document root

And one more also.. If you’re looking for a good quick tutorial or refresher on how to set up MAMP, have a look here!

(Post-Edit: This link has been updated to point to a video tutorial Addison Berry has recorded for installing the new version of MAMP to get a Drupal installation started. I haven’t personally tried the new version of MAMP (the old one still works just fine), but it sounds like she’s nailed the pertinent features and the finer points of the new version. Definitely worth trying to follow along. If you have success (or trouble) with it, please leave a comment and perhaps we can all explore it together. )

8 Comments

Ralph Barhydt on 28 September, 2012 at 9:54 am

Thank you very much, Jordan for this post 2 years ago. It’s now September of 2012. I installed MAMP yesterday because of all the hype about how easy it is to install and run and I need a local testing server for Dreamweaver. You would not believe how difficult it was to find this information. The MAMP forum is absolutely useless and I could never seem to figure out exactly what the problem was because the two settings “set page url” and “document root” have very different functions and there is no information in all the tutorials and Adobe pages I found that explained anything about “set page url.” So, even though the servers were running, I didn’t realize it because I couldn’t find the start page. Seems stupid on my part but your page explained it clearly when others just could not. Thank you. Hope you are doing well. I like your surfing picture.

Jordan on 29 September, 2012 at 8:31 pm

Awesome! Ralph, I’m really pleased that was helpful to someone else, I actually had to re-read the post to get clear on the content because it’s been so long, but I do remember having a very similar and frustrating time trying to figure out the issue. MAMP is really a great tool, despite the lacking forum.. I’m definitely well (though a bit slacking in the update this-blog-department), and I’m also pleased that you like the surfing shot. That was taken on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii a few years back.

Thanks also to you, for taking the time to comment on this post; knowing what is helpful to others helps motivate me to post again. :) –Take care! JC

Andrew Condon on 18 February, 2013 at 5:16 am

Thanks a lot for documenting this in a google-able manner!

Jordan on 18 February, 2013 at 10:14 pm

My pleasure Andrew, I’m glad this could help you too. It’s funny, I was just thinking about this article the other day as I contemplated playing with the new version of Joomla! Happy MAMPing!

Bruce on 4 July, 2013 at 8:40 am

Thank you so much……been spending so much time getting mamp-dreamweaver-wordpress to talk to each other, and followed all kinds of bad advice….THANKS!!

Jordan on 6 July, 2013 at 7:53 pm

Great to hear it was helpful Bruce! Sorry that you got some bad advice, but I’m glad to know you got things worked out. I’ve had some pretty good success with both WordPress and Joomla! running on MAMP, so once you’re set up it should be smooth sailing!

Simon on 2 March, 2014 at 10:00 pm

I’d like to thank you for the efforts you have put in penning this site.
I am hoping to view the same high-grade content by you later on as well.
In fact, your creative writing abilities has inspired me to get my own blog now ;)

Jordan on 2 March, 2014 at 10:14 pm

Thanks Simon! Perhaps one of these days, I’ll even get back to posting! Blog on!

Ralph Barhydt on 28 September, 2012 at 9:54 am

Thank you very much, Jordan for this post 2 years ago. It’s now September of 2012. I installed MAMP yesterday because of all the hype about how easy it is to install and run and I need a local testing server for Dreamweaver. You would not believe how difficult it was to find this information. The MAMP forum is absolutely useless and I could never seem to figure out exactly what the problem was because the two settings “set page url” and “document root” have very different functions and there is no information in all the tutorials and Adobe pages I found that explained anything about “set page url.” So, even though the servers were running, I didn’t realize it because I couldn’t find the start page. Seems stupid on my part but your page explained it clearly when others just could not. Thank you. Hope you are doing well. I like your surfing picture.
Jordan on 29 September, 2012 at 8:31 pm

Awesome! Ralph, I’m really pleased that was helpful to someone else, I actually had to re-read the post to get clear on the content because it’s been so long, but I do remember having a very similar and frustrating time trying to figure out the issue. MAMP is really a great tool, despite the lacking forum.. I’m definitely well (though a bit slacking in the update this-blog-department), and I’m also pleased that you like the surfing shot. That was taken on the North Shore of Oahu, Hawaii a few years back.

Thanks also to you, for taking the time to comment on this post; knowing what is helpful to others helps motivate me to post again. :) –Take care! JC
Andrew Condon on 18 February, 2013 at 5:16 am

Thanks a lot for documenting this in a google-able manner!
Jordan on 18 February, 2013 at 10:14 pm

My pleasure Andrew, I’m glad this could help you too. It’s funny, I was just thinking about this article the other day as I contemplated playing with the new version of Joomla! Happy MAMPing!
Bruce on 4 July, 2013 at 8:40 am

Thank you so much……been spending so much time getting mamp-dreamweaver-wordpress to talk to each other, and followed all kinds of bad advice….THANKS!!
Jordan on 6 July, 2013 at 7:53 pm

Great to hear it was helpful Bruce! Sorry that you got some bad advice, but I’m glad to know you got things worked out. I’ve had some pretty good success with both WordPress and Joomla! running on MAMP, so once you’re set up it should be smooth sailing!
Simon on 2 March, 2014 at 10:00 pm

I’d like to thank you for the efforts you have put in penning this site.
I am hoping to view the same high-grade content by you later on as well.
In fact, your creative writing abilities has inspired me to get my own blog now ;)
Jordan on 2 March, 2014 at 10:14 pm

Thanks Simon! Perhaps one of these days, I’ll even get back to posting! Blog on!

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