Title: Testing before going live
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Testing before going live

 *  [locutor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/locutor/)
 * (@locutor)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-before-going-live/)
 * Total newbie here. I’m planning to set up a WP site to use as a CMS (with blogging
   capability). I’d really like to be able to spend some time getting everything
   set up the way I want before I go live (make it available to the public). From
   reading the FAQ, I gather that cannot be done easily, and depends on the authentication
   used by the host site.
    Is this correct? I have yet to choose a host. Can anyone
   offer any tips for building one’s site behind a curtain and unveiling it when
   you’re good & ready?

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-before-going-live/#post-1158497)
 * hi 🙂
 * please try to use the search box.
 * this is not a new question.
 * [http://wordpress.org/search/test+site?forums=1](http://wordpress.org/search/test+site?forums=1)
 * you put the blog in a directory. when youre ready to go live, you move the blog.
 * it takes 3 minutes if you can read and follow simple instructions.
 *  Thread Starter [locutor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/locutor/)
 * (@locutor)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-before-going-live/#post-1158503)
 * Thanks. I figured it shouldn’t be a new question, which is why I checked the 
   FAQs first. I also scanned the forum but didn’t see anything close.
 * > you put the blog in a directory. when youre
    > ready to go live, you move the
   blog.
 * This simple answer is exactly what I needed. However, if it’s anywhere in the
   first half dozen hits to that search, it’s well buried. I recommend this be added
   to the FAQ.
    Again, thanks.
 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-before-going-live/#post-1158505)
 * what i suggeseted is whats discussed in the 4th thread of those search results.
 * its like internet 101 – if you dont share the url, no-ones going poke around.
 * and the docs, do provide another way:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Test_Driving_WordPress#Hiding_Your_WordPress_Test_Area](http://codex.wordpress.org/Test_Driving_WordPress#Hiding_Your_WordPress_Test_Area)
 * the FAQ is great — but its not the end all when it comes to stuff to read.
 *  Thread Starter [locutor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/locutor/)
 * (@locutor)
 * [16 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/testing-before-going-live/#post-1158760)
 * Perfect! I had started digging into what I had to do to run WP on my PC, discovered
   I needed to install a web server, MySQL, php, etc. and was ready to throw up 
   my hands. This link shows how installing XAMPP takes care of everything. Thanks
   again.

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