Do what I do, create a subdomain that you have DNS auth over, then test it,
then after it works, switch it back to the original domain name..
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Johnson" <pfj@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <cobalt-developers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, March 31, 2003 8:34 AM
Subject: RE: [cobalt-developers] Testing site before DNS transfer
> Peter,
>
> Although I haven't tested this, there should be a far simpler way to
> test new sites.
>
> Create an entry for www.newdomain.com in /etc/hosts, where the ip
> address is the address of the cobalt server.
>
> Create a matching entry in the hosts file on your computer (and any
> others you want to test from) On Windows machines the hosts file is
> located in \windows\system32\drivers\etc or \winnt\system32\drivers\etc.
> One thing to watch out for, if you edit the hosts file with Notepad,
> notepad will want to add .txt to the filename when you save (as in
> hosts.txt) To prevent this, change the "files of type" in the save
> dialog to "all files" instead of "text files".
>
> Good luck, let us know how this works for you...
>
> Paul
>
>
> Peter wrote:
> > I've created a new virtual site (www.domain.com) and what to
> > be able to
> > test the site before transferring the DNS over from where it was
> > previously hosted. How can I view it? I've tried
> > www.myhostdomain.com/home/sites/site1, and putting a symbolic
> > link from
> > the web folder from a site I have transferred over to the site I want
> > to test but I get a permission denied message when following the link
> > in a browser.
>
>
>
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