Title: Sandbox techniques
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Sandbox techniques

 *  [Andy](https://wordpress.org/support/users/andythreecoaching/)
 * (@andythreecoaching)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sandbox-techniques/)
 * 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](https://wordpress.org/support/users/stvwlf/)
 * (@stvwlf)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sandbox-techniques/#post-2017526)
 * ask here wordpress.stackexchange.com
 * check what has already been written there
 *  [beetlejoose](https://wordpress.org/support/users/beetlejoose/)
 * (@beetlejoose)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/sandbox-techniques/#post-2017809)
 * 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](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](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](http://www.<yoursite>.com) domain to point at/
   staging – but semantically speaking this isn’t a great idea).

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