RE: [cobalt-users] site/user access before propagation RAQ550

["Steven Young" <steven.young@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> I'm somewhat of a newbie when it comes to 550s, be
> nice to me:)
> 
> Is there a way to get to the site management pages (at
> host.hosteddomain.net/login) before the domain name
> propagates? There's an URL
> (http://host.domain.net:81/.cobalt/siteManage/host.hosteddomain.net/)
> that will do it on the raq4s, is there a like one for
> the 550?
> 
> How about for viewing the site itself before the DNS
> is working? This one I don't hold out much hope for,
> I've never seen a raq do it before.
> 
> The raqs method of organising the site and user
> directories is often confusing for users trying to
> publish to the main web site- I'd hoped the 550 would
> be easier than the other raqs, instead it's worse. Has
> anyone got a method for getting the siteadmin to land
> in the web root when they log on?

You can add an entry to your PC's HOSTS file to point a domain to an IP
before DNS has propogated. This will only work on the client machine you
edit the HOSTS file on.

Win 95/98/Me:	c:\windows\hosts
Win NT/2000/XP:	c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts   or
c:\winnt\system32\drivers\etc\hosts
Linux:		/etc/hosts

Hope this helps,
Steven Young