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Having recently got caught out letting Google log a site that was under development I'd like to know what the best way to set up a development server is? I added a robots.txt, but either it was too late or didn't work. Is it better to have a completely separate webspace for dev work?
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What's the best way to set up a development server?
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Posted 14 September 2010 - 09:19 AM
I use XAMPP ... it's easy to install and get up and running. I develop my Wordpress sites on my own machine before I upload them.
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Posted 14 September 2010 - 10:32 AM
Have you got your own hosting? You could set up a sub domain and do your work in there? So the customer can do to the sub domain and see it being developed?
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Posted 06 October 2010 - 10:36 PM
pippin62, on 14 September 2010 - 10:27 AM, said:
I need to let clients see the site under development online. So WAMP and MAMP aren't really what I mean.
I have to do this daily at work.
What I did was buy a cheap testing .co.uk domain (with our company name in it) and host sites there E.g. domain.coc.uk/site1, domain.co.uk/site2 etc.
Don't link to the url at all.
To be safe:
- Add a robots.txt to block search engines
- Password protect the root directory E.g. site.co.uk and password protect each subsequent folder
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Posted 23 November 2010 - 02:01 AM
rallport, on 06 October 2010 - 10:36 PM, said:
I have to do this daily at work.
What I did was buy a cheap testing .co.uk domain (with our company name in it) and host sites there E.g. domain.coc.uk/site1, domain.co.uk/site2 etc.
Don't link to the url at all.
To be safe:
What I did was buy a cheap testing .co.uk domain (with our company name in it) and host sites there E.g. domain.coc.uk/site1, domain.co.uk/site2 etc.
Don't link to the url at all.
To be safe:
- Add a robots.txt to block search engines
- Password protect the root directory E.g. site.co.uk and password protect each subsequent folder
Wow, good tips! I'll remember this one. Is there anything else that anyone could add? It would greatly appreciated!
I really learn a lot from you guys!!
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