Live Site vs Dead Site
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- FotoHijinx
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Hi guys
I've been using rockettheme templates for nearly a year now (about to go to professional member) and have always done my sites live because Joomla and these themes are so easy to use and they go up quick.
I now have a client who wants a site but doesn't want it live until it is finished but he wants to be able to see it and check its progress.
I was just wondering how you wonderful experts out there achieve this. How do you do it and what other things do you use to do it.
I'd be most grateful for your insights into this.
Cheers
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- Daniel Chapman
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Set up a development site that is on a different address?
Or you could try not setting up the web dns for the domain name, and only use the ip for the site to access it.
I have never tested this, but I think if you set the 'Site Offline:" parameter to be yes, then admin or super admins can still see it but anyone else gets a 'site offline' message.
Maybe... (but then again, how do you login so it can recognise you as an admin?) -
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- David White
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You could just set up a sub domain on the same database - that way all you have to do when ready to go live is edit the config file.
eg draft.yourdomain.com
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- Scott Willis
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- This is not a fool-proof solution but I always add an index.html page to the Joomla directory before launching a site. That way when the user hits the site the index.html file is accessed instead of the Joomla index.php page. Then when you want to edit the Joomla site, simply type in /index.php. Then remove the index.html file when you're ready to go live.
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- FotoHijinx
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Now this is what a good discussion is all about and all useful advice.
I've tried using just the ip address but Joomla didn't display properly and so I would probably scare my client into thinking that I'm useless!!
Hmm, I like the thought of a subdomain on the site so I don't have to move the database - I hear that can be very hairy.
The index.html page sounds good too - that way you could just carry on creating a normal site - that sounds pretty easy (I like easy)!
Cheers guys...I think this will help other noobs too - love this forum! *hugs everyone* - You've been a naughty boy, now go to my room!
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- FotoHijinx
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Okay, I've gone with the index.html page to "hide" my live site while I create it - you can see it here:
www.rmrasiapacific.com
My next question is what ftp programs do people use and why. And is there a ftp program that can upload a zip/tar file that will unpack itself? Hmm and are they free? ;D - You've been a naughty boy, now go to my room!
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- Bob Ateah
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- FotoHijinx
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Hi Roland
does it chomod etc and can it unpack tar files? - You've been a naughty boy, now go to my room!
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- Daniel Chapman
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I use either ws/ftp or joomlaxplorer
joomlaxplorer can upload most compressed files and expand them, and can make zip files on your server.
it also operates with the same permissions as the joomla client which is usually a good thing and helps to avoid ownership conflicts.
It also does chmoding. -
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