Overview
Creating a staging site a great way to create, test and preview the look and functionality of a site before making it viewable to the public. This article will explain how to create a staging site within your Managed WordPress service.
Instructions
Adding a staging site
- Log into the AccountCenter.
- From the Overview tab, click the Admin button for the Managed WordPress service you want to work with.
- Next, click the site you want to create a staging site for.
- Click Developer Tools from the menu on the left.
- This will bring up the staging panel. Click on Add staging site to create a new staging site. You will have 2 available slots if you have not staged a site for this domain before.
- The staging site will begin to provision itself. This can take up to three minutes to fully complete.
- The new staging site will then appear in one of the slots and you can begin customizing its look and functionality.
Syncing a staging site
- Log into the AccountCenter.
- From the Overview tab, click the Admin button for the Managed WordPress service you want to work with.
- Next, click the domain you want to sync your staged site to.
- Click Developer Tools from the menu on the left.
- This will bring up the Staging Sites panel to the right of the menu. Click on MANAGE for the staging site you wish to sync.
- Click Sync Sites from the Staging Site menu on the left.
- Click SYNC TO PRODUCTION to sync your staging site to your domain.
- When the sync is complete you will be asked to verify the changes.
Removing a staging site
- Log into the AccountCenter.
- From the Overview tab, click the Admin button for the Managed WordPress service you want to work with.
- Next, click the domain you want to remove a staging site for.
- Click Developer Tools from the menu on the left.
- This will bring up the Staging Sites panel to the right of the menu. Click on the X icon to the right of the staging site.
- Lastly, click on YES, DELETE THIS STAGING SITE to completely remove your staging site.