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Ryan Hellerud
Ryan Hellerud
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Posted by Ryan Hellerud
Ryan Hellerud
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How to change the start page to load my project folder on web server start up?

I would like to be able to load my specified project folder instead of using the htdocs defaulf folder, what settings do I need to change to do this, because I have been trying but haven't been able to get it working for some reason, plz help!

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Ryan Hellerud
Ryan Hellerud
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Ryan Hellerud
Ryan Hellerud
3,635 Points

I got it i just had to go to 'localhost' to acccess it thanks.

Shawn Flanigan
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Shawn Flanigan
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Shawn Flanigan
Shawn Flanigan
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Ryan,

If you open MAMP and click "Preferences", then "Apache", you should see a "Document Root" field. Click "Select..." to find the folder you'd like to use and then click "OK". MAMP should automatically restart your servers and use the selected folder.

Hope that helps!

Ryan Hellerud
Ryan Hellerud
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Ryan Hellerud
Ryan Hellerud
3,635 Points

i tried that but it didnt work. I think i also need to change the preference for 'open at start up'. Do i need to change that to index.php or a directory?