Newbie: preview of site on local machine

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Hi I am new to website creation. Found getting to grips with the basics fairly easy for someone who has no website development experience.

I have run into a problem, it may be what I am expecting is not possible, here goes.

After creating the index and contact page I have done an export to view what it looks like on my local HD. I launch the site from HD using the index.html page, works fine, when i click on contact it only shows site tree. Can anyone please explain why this is happening.

RapidWeaver%20Contact%20page
RapidWeaver%20Contact%20page1720×486 43.6 KB

Many thanks

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Webpages are designed to be served by a web server.

If you want to “preview” your site ahead of publishing it to a hosting company,then you’ll need to either install a web server locally like MAMP(the free version will work) or use RapidWeaver by right clicking the page and preview in browser.

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Many Thanks for the info.

I have installed the free version MAMP, the problem I have is I have no idea how to tell MAMP to open the website I have stored locally.

I have looked at the documentation and some videos but they all seem to make assumptions that anyone installing such a product knows how to configure it.

Would be good if somewhere on RW site/forum there is a simple step by step how to set up MAMP for use with RW. If there is I have not been able to locate the tutorial and would be grateful if you can point me in the right direction.

Many thanks in advance Tony

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Perhaps: https://themeflood.com/knowledgebase/topic/testing-with-mamp/

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Hi Will,

Many thanks for your suggestion.

Exactly what i was looking for,nice simple steps especially for someone who is not familiar with website development.

Works a treat, many, many thanks

All the best

Tony

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