Sandbox techniques

  • Andy

    (@andythreecoaching)


    15 years, 1 month ago

    Hi,

    I have a site that I wand to ‘WordPressify’ but want to know how I should set up my site structure/installation so as to work on the site and when I’m done, make it live, replacing the folder structure with the new WordPress version once it’s complete.

    Basically, sandboxing it so my live site isn’t in pieces for all to see.

    Anyone have any methods they use?

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  • stvwlf

    (@stvwlf)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    ask here wordpress.stackexchange.com

    check what has already been written there

    beetlejoose

    (@beetlejoose)

    15 years, 1 month ago

    If you have the ability to set up sub domains on your hosting account, I always find it simple to set up a sub-domain such as: http://staging.<yoursite&gt;.com and point it to a separate folder on your hosting package.

    I generally set mine up like:

    / [root]
    — /public [the site that visitors to your site see]
    — /staging [your private testing section]

    You would then make sure that your http://www.<yoursite>.com domain is configured to point at the /public folder and staging.<yoursite>.com subdomain is pointed at /staging.

    This way, you can test away on your live environment and when you’re ready to launch, simply upload your site to the /public folder (or alternatively configure your http://www.<yoursite>.com domain to point at /staging – but semantically speaking this isn’t a great idea).

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