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Testing your new site without transferring DNS
If we have set up a site for you on our servers and you need to test out its functionality you will have to change some setting on your local computer.
- Open your hosts (windows NT/2000) or hosts.sam file. It is usually in the C:\WINDOWS directory for windows 95 and 98 users, and C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc directory for windows NT and 2000 systems.
- Open the file using Notepad or another text editor.
# Copyright (c) 1993-1999 Microsoft Corp.
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# This is a sample HOSTS file used by Microsoft TCP/IP for Windows.
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# This file contains the mappings of IP addresses to host names. Each
# entry should be kept on an individual line. The IP address should
# be placed in the first column followed by the corresponding host name.
# The IP address and the host name should be separated by at least one
# space.
#
# Additionally, comments (such as these) may be inserted on individual
# lines or following the machine name denoted by a '#' symbol.
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# For example:
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# 102.54.94.97 rhino.acme.com # source server
# 38.25.63.10 x.acme.com # x client host
127.0.0.1 localhost
- Add a new line at the end of the hosts file :
199.218.10.200 yourdomain.com
- Save the file and exit.
- Open a web browser and type in yourdomain.com.
- Note : If you put yourdomain.com in the hosts file entry www.yourdomain.com will not point to the new IP, only yourdomain.com.
- After testing remember to comment out (#) the line from the hosts file or delete the entry.
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