itsgreggreg/Setting up Craft CMS with MAMP.md

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MAMP: https://www.mamp.info/en/downloads/
Craft CMS: https://craftcms.com/pricing
Open up MAMP
- Preferences -> Web Server
  - Change Document Root to public folder in Craft CMS download
- Start Servers
If it doesn't open automatically hit "open WebStart page"
tools -> phpMyAdmin
- top left "new" button
- database name: project_name
- collation: utf8_unicode_ci
In Craft code
- rename public/htaccess to public/.htaccess
- craft/config/db.php
  - server: localhost
  - user: root
  - password: root
  - database: project_name
In web browser
- http://localhost:8888/admin

Found this video to be a more simpler explanation