testing on local server and not getting same results as live site

[dspeak]

Hello everyone.

 

I have a real problem that after 2 weeks, I cannot figure out.  I setup a local server on my home computer for testing.  I have my site live on a hosted account, but I wanted the local server so I can test contributions and make changes before adding it to the live site.

 

Everything seems to look good except the following:

 

The home page is missing my button links to new products, contact us, etc.

When I click on a category my site will not go to the category but instead goes to webpage cannot be found.

 

Any help or ideas to explore is greatly appreciated.

 

[MrPhil]

This is why I recommend against using a local (*AMPP) installation for development and testing. Instead, you should, if at all possible, use a private (test) directory on the live server for such work. That way you are guaranteed not to have any nasty surprises due to different server versions, PHP levels, etc. when you move code over. The only times you would want to use a local PC installation are 1) you want to test on a newer server, PHP, or MySQL level than your host offers, or 2) you don't yet have a live server to work on.