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== Plesk Unlimited Hosting: How to Preview a Website ==
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= Plesk Shared Hosting: How to Preview a Website =
  
 
If you want to test your site before it goes live, you can find a temporary URL by completing the following steps:
 
If you want to test your site before it goes live, you can find a temporary URL by completing the following steps:
  
*From the Control Panel, click on the "Websites & Domains" tab near the top of the screen.
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*From the Control Panel, click on the "'''Websites & Domains'''" tab near the top of the screen.
[[File:Plesk tabs_new.png]]
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[[File:Plesk tabs_new.png|Plesk tabs_new.png]]
  
  
*Below your domain name you will see '''Preview''' click on this to open a new window that will show you what your site looks like on this server.
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*Below your domain name you will see "'''Preview'''" click on this to open a new window that will show you what your site looks like on this server.
[[File:Plesk_preview_page1.png]]
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*This preview page will reference the website using a preview link that does not use the regular domain name. '''Keep in mind if the website is WordPress it will be hard coded to force the website to serve off DNS, it will switch off of the preview link and instead use the live site'''. In those situations, changing how your computer sees the live website can be altered in the [https://wiki.xmission.com/Cloud_Hosting/Hosts_File Hosts File] on the computer you are using.
  
;*You can also choose Hosting Settings, You will see Website Preview URL - In this case, the example URL is ''stmyl.com.166-70-198-21.plesk03.xmissoin.com''.
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;*Cut and paste that URL into the address bar of your browser, and you can preview your website.
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[[Category:Shared Hosting|Previewing the Website]]
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 16:43, 8 December 2022

Plesk Shared Hosting: How to Preview a Website

If you want to test your site before it goes live, you can find a temporary URL by completing the following steps:

  • From the Control Panel, click on the "Websites & Domains" tab near the top of the screen.

Plesk tabs_new.png


  • Below your domain name you will see "Preview" click on this to open a new window that will show you what your site looks like on this server.

PleskPreview-1.png

  • This preview page will reference the website using a preview link that does not use the regular domain name. Keep in mind if the website is WordPress it will be hard coded to force the website to serve off DNS, it will switch off of the preview link and instead use the live site. In those situations, changing how your computer sees the live website can be altered in the Hosts File on the computer you are using.


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