Developing on live WordPress site

  • WebDev22

    (@webdev22)


    14 years, 8 months ago

    I’ve been asked to install Catablog on an existing live WordPress site. What’s the best way to develop, without affecting the live site?

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  • Thread Starter WebDev22

    (@webdev22)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    1. use a local address with the same number of characters as the real site and do the search & replace on the text file as before – so if the real site is “http://www.thisistheurl.com” make the local site: “http://www.thisistheurl.loc” and add a rule to the PC’s hosts file to point that domain at 127.0. 0 1 so the PC doesn’t go off to a dns server look up for a non-existent address.

    @cubecolour – I’m going to try this approach and am just wondering how the number of characters factors in.

    Thread Starter WebDev22

    (@webdev22)

    14 years, 8 months ago

    I’m so inclined to just install Catablog on the live site and forget about having to install everything locally. The site doesn’t get a ton of traffic and I should only be affecting part of the site.

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