[Scotty13]

Hi
I would like to get my website up and running on my server (live), so I can work out the pages that have errors. I don’t want anybody trying to get on my website… I want them to see an “under Construction’ page. How do I set up getting my website online and setup under construction?

Thanks, Scotty

[zed]

make your under construction page your index.html

then either put all your test pages in a subdirectory or test them not linking to index.html

[MikeChipshop]

zed, on 13 October 2011 - 03:54 PM, said:

make your under construction page your index.html

then either put all your test pages in a subdirectory or test them not linking to index.html

As zed says. Make your current index page something like 'home.html' and make 'index.html' an under construction page. Failing that set up an HTACCESS file that redirects users to a different page but allow your IP through.

[Scotty13]

Thanks guys for your quick responses. I’m a newbie. I’m using Dreamweaver CS4.

Could somebody tell me how I set up my web to go online?

If I set up my html page Under Construction before I go “live”, will I see the pages that way when testing in my browser?

Thanks again,
Scotty

[Gaelen]

is there a specific reason you want to go live rather than testing it locally on your computer?

[Sogo7]

Testing on a live server never hurts and besides it's good practice, as this is the sort of thing your hoping to get paid for doing as a web designer.

Scotty.. google for 'X10 hosting' or '000 webhost' both of these provide free basic web hosting for people like yourself. It's not a lot of web space just 5Gb and there are a few restrictions with some of the more advanced server commands being disabled but should be more than enough for you at this stage.


PS: would somebody explain why triple zero hosting is tripping the filter?

This post has been edited by Sogo7: 13 October 2011 - 07:12 PM

[Scotty13]

Gaelen, on 13 October 2011 - 05:25 PM, said:

is there a specific reason you want to go live rather than testing it locally on your computer?

I’m building a social network website so I need to test if the joining pages work, delete, send messages, etc….

[brightonmike]

You're a newbie, but you're building a social network site?

In Dreamweaver?! What language have you coded in?

[J.P]

Scotty13, on 14 October 2011 - 06:58 AM, said:

I’m building a social network website so I need to test if the joining pages work, delete, send messages, etc….

Why don't you set up a local dev server. Take a look at MAMP if you use Mac or XAMPP for Windows.

You can upload the site to a live server when you are finished.

[MikeChipshop]

If you're building a social network site then you should have already coded a function to be able to switch the site off and redirect users to a holding page.

brightonmike, on 14 October 2011 - 08:48 AM, said:

You're a newbie, but you're building a social network site?

In Dreamweaver?! What language have you coded in?

What better way to learn than to get stuck in and give it a go?

[brightonmike]

Just seems a bit of a sink before you swim thing to me. Each to their own!

[rallport]

Test it locally first. Could even use a vhost to replicate the live environment even further.

[rallport]

brightonmike, on 14 October 2011 - 11:13 AM, said:

Just seems a bit of a sink before you swim thing to me. Each to their own!

It's a good way to learn imo.

I do however draw the line at people in the PHP forum suggesting the use of the Zend framework to complete beginners.

This post has been edited by rallport: 13 November 2011 - 07:29 PM