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[Sue]

Hi,

 

how can I hide a website from the public (during the time we are working on it?

 

thanks, Sue

[TCH-Bruce]

Welcome to the family, Sue!

 

Easiest way I know of is put a dummy index.html page in the public_html folder. Then you can access anything else you put in there that nobody else could see.

 

Or you could create a sub folder in the public_html folder and put all your stuff in there. Then move it to the public_html folder when you are ready. But the first option would be simpler.

[Sue]

could you explain me how?

[TCH-Bruce]

Answered in PM.

[TCH-Thomas]

Bruce, can you please post here too how to do that dummy index.html page since I figure many would like to know or pm me about it, cause I wanna know too. I have always made a sub-folder for it, but it is as you say not the best solution.

[stevevan]

What I've done in the past is make up a quick index.html page that contains something like "Under construction" or "Be up soon". Then, simply rename your actual index.html index1.html or something like that. That way, when your ready to go live, just delete the temporary index.html and rename the index1.html to index.html and your ready to go!

[TCH-Bruce]

Exactly what Steve just said. Create a dummy index.html page to be served up with no links to anything else on your site. Rename your new index.html file something else (newindex.html) so you can test links and content. When you are ready, delete index.html and rename newindex.html back to index.html.

[TCH-Thomas]

This is one of those times when the sentence "Why havent I thought of that", comes up in my head.

 

Thanks Steve and Bruce