Re: [cobalt-users] Viewing a site before propagation [was: (no subject)]

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Steve Werby wrote:

> One solution on Windows machines is to set the host-ip info explicitly in
> the hosts file on the client machine.  Other solutions involving rewrite
> rules to access the site through a directory of the main site have been
> posted as well.  Search the archives for combos words like: dns propagation,
> access, hosts, etc.

Easiest way on a RaQ4 appears to be to set the html alias to
"newdomain.yourdomain.com" and to put an entry for
newdomain.yourdomain.com into DNS.  You can either leave it in, or take
it out once DNS propogates.

This, like most other solutions, won't work for any hardcoded links
inside your site that go to your entire url, i.e., <a
href="http://www.yoursite.com/something>.  Instead you should use
something like <a href="/something">.

Jeff
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