MAMP PRO (macOS) Documentation

Create a new Blueprint site

A Blueprint site is a clone of a site in the Blueprint group. This allows you to prepare a specific type of site and then use it as a template for other sites over and over again.

1. Click the “+” button at the bottom of the sites list, and then select the “Blueprint” site type in the following dialog box.

   Note: This site type is only active if there is at least one site in the “Blueprints” group.

   

2. Confirm your selection by clicking on the “Continue” button.

3. In the first step of next screen, select the Blueprint site you want to clone. All available Blueprint sites are listed in the “Duplicate site” select box.

   

4. The next step is to enter the name of your new site. For this example we will choose the name “site-2”. Enter the name in the “to name” field.

   

5. As “Site folder” we first create the new directory “site-2” and then select it.

   Note: Do not create a site folder under your “/Applications/MAMP” folder. A better location for your site folders would be “~/Sites/”. This will keep your site data separate from the MAMP PRO application data.

   

6. Of course, if the selected Blueprint site contains a linked database, it is automatically detected and the previous database name is entered in the name in the “Database” field with the -copy option. You may change the default database name, of course.

   

7. Confirm your selection by clicking on the “Create Site” button. All files, directories and the database are copied to the new site. This process may take a few seconds. Please be patient.

8. The settings for your new site are saved automatically and the servers and services are restarted automatically if necessary.

9. To open your new site in your default browser, click on the “Open” button to the right of the site name field.