title: Wordpress + VMware CSS path problem
body: <p>I posted a similar question earlier today but this question is clearer.</p>
  
  <p>I want to locally develop my Wordpress websites (on my Mac) and test them in Internet Explorer (6,7,8) on Windows XP.</p>
  
  <p>I can get the MAMP welcome screen to show in Windows XP, so I know VMWare is doing it's thing.</p>
  
  <p><strong>The local URL for my site (on my Mac) is:</strong> <br/>
  URL (<a href="http://d3creative:8888/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://d3creative:8888/</a>)</p>
  
  <p><strong>But the local URL under VMware/Internet Explorer is:</strong> <br/>
  URL (<a href="http://192.168.2.1:8888/d3creative/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://192.168.2.1:8888/d3creative/</a>)</p>
  
  <p>This is the only way I can get it to show up, problem is all the CSS styles are referencing the local Mac URL (<a href="http://d3creative:8888/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://d3creative:8888/</a>)</p>
  
  <p>So understandably the CSS isn't showing up.</p>
  
  <p>Is there a way to tell Windows that "<a href="http://192.168.2.1:8888/d3creative/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://192.168.2.1:8888/d3creative/</a>" should equal "<a href="http://d3creative:8888/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://d3creative:8888/</a>"</p>
  
  <p>I've tried editing the "hosts" file within in Windows XP and I've rebooted after making any changes, but nothing is working.</p>
  
  <p><strong>My software:</strong></p>
  
  <ul>
  <li> MAMP Pro (v1.8.2)</li>
  <li>Wordpress (v2.8.6)</li>
  <li>Windows XP (SP3)</li>
  <li>Internet Explorer (6, 7, 8)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Any help would be much appreciated.<br />
  Stephen Meehan</p>