Live Site vs Dead Site
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- Ian Beer
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When others need to see the "site in progress" I generally do the work at an "unpublished" development address these days, then move the entire site when it is ready. If no one needs to see the early work, I prepare it offline using JSAS.
On the last occasion on which I had to replace an operational HTML/CSS site to a Joomla based one without losing any traffic, I merely used the "trick" of using an index.html page to trap/route traffic until I was ready, then just removed it and, voila, as they say. Worked quite well for the necessary few weeks.
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- James Spencer
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If you really want only your client and yourself to see it, why not password protect the directory?
1. Create a new basic text file
2. InsertAuthType Basic4. FTP to the directory you want to protect with a password
AuthName "Name that will appear on popup box"
AuthUserFile "absolute path to directory with the .htpassword that we will insert later"
require valid-user
5. Rename .htaccess
6. Create a new text file
7. Insert
Username:Password
(The password must be encrypted first in MD5)
8. Upload to the directory specified in the .htaccess file
9. Rename .passwd
Note, for security, it is best to have the password in a non accessible directory, outside public_html - James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- Leckenby
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James S! wrote:
If you really want only your client and yourself to see it, why not password protect the directory?
1. Create a new basic text file
2. InsertAuthType Basic4. FTP to the directory you want to protect with a password
AuthName "Name that will appear on popup box"
AuthUserFile "absolute path to directory with the .htpassword that we will insert later"
require valid-user
5. Rename .htaccess
6. Create a new text file
7. Insert
Username:Password
(The password must be encrypted first in MD5)
8. Upload to the directory specified in the .htaccess file
9. Rename .passwd
Note, for security, it is best to have the password in a non accessible directory, outside public_html
Alot of hosts have an easy wizard for this to, so its mega easy to setup and then remove when needed
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- James Spencer
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My host provides that also but it is always handy to know the actuallprocess
- James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- Pablo Querol
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I don't know if someone else does this but when I go into a webpage and see it's under construction, I still try to see it.
This is why I try index.asp or index.php. In this case, the web can easily be seen entirely typing: www.rmrasiapacific.com/index.php
This is why I use a subdomain, sometimes protected
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- FotoHijinx
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Naughty Pablo - do you half open your presents before Christmas too?
I'll look into your suggestion James and perhaps try it for the next one, for now I'll just leave it how it is and the naughty Pablo's of the world can sneak a peak - no biggie really.
This is a great discussion and I'm sure it has also helped a lot of other people too. Plus it takes our mind off of what Andy is up to!!
*sneaks a look over Andy's shoulder* - You've been a naughty boy, now go to my room!
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- James Spencer
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FotoHijinx wrote:
*sneaks a look over Andy's shoulder*
*Smack, naughty FotoHjinx *
- James Spencer / Developer & Support / Hull, UK
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- FotoHijinx
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- aww come on James, I resisted the urge to give him a "wet willy" (wet finger in the ear, for those who had dirty thoughts!)
- You've been a naughty boy, now go to my room!
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