MAMP and Perch

So the *:80 is a port number. You can change it if you want, but it's usually used as a way of serving several different websites to the same address. Think of them as extension numbers off a master phone number. The best thing to do is leave it is as *:80 to avoid running into using a port that's already in use and the headaches that can cause.

It's unlikely you'll need to worry about port numbers unless you're doing something complex - and that would likely require Perch Runway to avoid unnecessary complications - or using something like MAMP to

I agree there is a level of assumed knowledge when it comes to Perch. But it's also arguable that vhosts aren't necessarily something that should fall within the remit of Perch's docs as it's much more a server thing.

My vhosts file has around 120 different sites in it. A couple of examples are:

#<VirtualHost *:80>
    #DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/xampp_5_3_8/htdocs/ems-website"
    #ServerName emsinternet.dev
    #ServerAlias www.emsinternet.dev
#</VirtualHost>

and

#<VirtualHost *:80>
    #DocumentRoot "C:/xampp/xampp_5_3_8/htdocs/perch-test"
    #ServerName perchtest.dev
    #ServerAlias www.perchtest.dev
#</VirtualHost>

The # simply comment them out as they aren't being used. If I want to use one, I simply remove them from the lines and add them to the one that was switched on.