Wordpress Going live?

[katy111]

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Hey everyone,

just wondering are you able to create a wordpress site without it going live on the web until it is finished?

Katy

[ian]

Keep the blog under the default wordpress directory rather than the root level on the domain name and set the privacy settings to keep the search engines away

[scriptmonkey]

You can add this to the top of your .htaccess file:


<Files *>
order deny,allow
deny from all
allow from 127.0.0.1
</Files>

Find out your IP address ( What Is My IP Address - Shows Your IP Address ) and allow access from that IP. (replace 127.0.0.1 with your actual IP)

[katy111]

Thanks everyone!

[freshlabs]

The best thing would which is probably a bit more complicated would be a staging area on your local pc and work on your site their and then push the changes live. You also get the added benefit of testing plugins knowing that there is minimal risk to potential vistors getting errors and things