Hi I'm setting up a site on an ISPConfig box as a replacement of an aready existing site on some other server. I want to allow the customer to see my work as I complete it. Is there a URL I can give the customer so they can see the site before it is done? something like http://myserver.mydomain.net/~web15/ Regards Russ
The only way I've been able to do this is by using a hosts file on the client machine. In Linux, that file is /etc/hosts. In Windows it's buried in system32 somewhere.
Or you assign another domain or subdomain temporarily as co-domain to the site and give your customer this domain to view the content.
That's a much better idea. I didn't think of this until after I wrote my post, but I think the only reason my way works is because I use the hosts file between the time that I make the DNS change and the propagation occurs. If the OP isn't intending to point his domain to his ISPConfig installation right away, then I don't think it's going to work as the DNS query won't return properly.
