Chad

Interesting idea. I've confirmed that their DNS servers have everything set up properly (I can send mail between my e-mail accounts on the new site already), but all attempts at changing the DNS server on one of my Windows machines just brought up the old site, as if the system wasn't using the new DNS server. I think I've managed to test everything I needed to though. Thanks!

I tried that, but couldn't get it to work for some reason. Found a work-around for the problem though -- I set up a free redirector through www.cjb.net, and at least one of the features is working as I needed now (haven't tested the other one yet, time constraints). Thanks.

Thanks, but I had no problem accessing the site. It's just a few features that didn't seem to work with the raw IP address. I've found a work-around -- more below.

Hi! Just purchased a TCH site today, and I'm trying to test some things before I switch my DNS settings over. Unfortunately, a lot of the stuff (like redirects and custom error pages) that I want to test doesn't seem to work -- I presume because I don't have a domain name pointed at it yet. My domain name is already well known to my customers, and I can't afford to have it pointing at a non-functional or only partly-functional site while I experiment. Is there some way to "fake" a DNS entry on my local machine, so I can test it before changing the DNS over? If not, I can always buy another domain name, but I'd hate to do that just for the week or so I'd need to test this stuff. Thanks!