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Is there any benefit to testing a site locally as opposed to testing one live other than the cost of a domain name for the site?
Personally, I never test locally because of the annoyance of moving the site over. I usually add a subdomain to a domain I already own, install WP there, and build it "live" without it actually being on the domain I plan to use. Hope that makes sense. I'm sure others have compelling reasons for testing locally but it seems like too much extra work to me. 🙂
Andrea Whitmer, Owner/Developer, Nuts and Bolts Media
I provide development and training services for designers • Find me on Twitter and Google+In the past I have created subdomains for testing, which worked well, but on Synthesis additional WP installs cost extra. I adore Synthesis but extra $$ for another wp install is not in the budget.
I have tried Instant WordPress (http://www.instantwp.com/) in my Windows 7 machine, but have hiccups with Genesis + child theme. Can't seem to make it all work together. Any other ideas?
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Andrea Meyers
http://www.andreameyers.comI just moved over to WPEngine.com and they have a very useful feature for each domain - a staging site. You can keep your production site running while you build your changes in the staging area. When you're ready, it migrates over to production. Very useful and one of the reasons I chose them.
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http://williambeem.com
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