: Set up development site on another server/host I'm developing a site for a client. They've got a site now that's hosted at hosting.com. I'm going to move them to my VM hosting solution at

@Fox8124981

You could move over the site with the domain name as is and change your hosts file, to make your computer think the website is now located on your VM, to test it out. Once it is tested out you can invite your client over and show them their site on your machine. This way you do not have to mess with subdomains and changing the domain in hosting and in the website.

How to change your host file:
www.fpweb.net/support/managed-hosting/hostfile-editing-support.asp

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@Angie530

I usually create a new subdomain off of my own domain, and temporarily assign that to the virtual host that I'd like to test.

So, for instance, if I wanted to show the people at clientcompany.com a new version of their web site that I was working on, or a version of their current web site running on my servers, I would create clientcompany.mydomain.com - a sub-domain off of my own domain - and use that address for testing.

If you're configuring Apache directly, you can add the following line to the vhost in question, underneath the ServerName property:

ServerAlias clientcompany.mydomain.com


I don't have any experience with Edgeweb, so they may have an administrative interface that allows you to do something similar if you don't have direct access.

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@Murphy175

Make you site hostname-agnostic

Create copy of site, update it with latest own changes, sync client's site after testing and approve

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