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How do you conceal WP site while you are building it?

by 1Constant
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Is there a way to build a WP site w/o showing it to the public while you are building it ---but still being able to continue to see it yourself?

Thanks in advance!
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  • Profile picture of the author jb3715
    Yes, WordPress › Maintenance Mode « WordPress Plugins

    You can customize the splash page with whatever you want if you wish.
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    • Profile picture of the author cjbmeb14
      Originally Posted by jb3715 View Post

      Yes, WordPress › Maintenance Mode « WordPress Plugins

      You can customize the splash page with whatever you want if you wish.
      I am glad you posted this wp plugin on here because I was looking for a way to do this.
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    • Profile picture of the author NickVCover
      Originally Posted by jb3715 View Post

      Yes, WordPress › Maintenance Mode « WordPress Plugins

      You can customize the splash page with whatever you want if you wish.
      Oh that is a good one. That's what I love about the internet - every day I learn something new.
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    • Profile picture of the author 1Constant
      Great suggestions ----thank you!

      I decided to take a domain that I will not be developing and will use it as my test site for development. Then once I have it built, I'll clone it with WP Twin and deploy on the actual domain. I'm thinking I might actually create subdomains off the test site as a way to store the original versions.
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  • Profile picture of the author Ingenius
    Well, have you tried setting up the whole thing in your local computer before uploading it? You can build a local server with tools like WAMP (for PC) or MAMP (for MAC) and mess around with your local version even if your "official" one is up and running.

    That will also serve as backup copy for your files.

    Is that what you were looking for?
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  • Profile picture of the author jb3715
    No problemo guys, I use that plugin on almost every WP site if I'm not developing it locally (which sometimes I do, it just depends).
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  • Profile picture of the author pex7
    Thanks for asking this question, this is a good thing to know how to do
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  • Profile picture of the author wizzard74
    You could password protect the wordpress directories using .htaccess and .htpasswd
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  • Profile picture of the author patfl
    The best way is to build it on your machine and then deploy it to production (on the hosting) when you're done with it.

    That way:
    - you can test future modification without breaking the production site.
    - you always have a copy of the most recent code/files on your local machine.
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    • Profile picture of the author InquisitiveMarketer
      Originally Posted by Patrice Le Vexier View Post

      The best way is to build it on your machine and then deploy it to production (on the hosting) when you're done with it.

      That way:
      - you can test future modification without breaking the production site.
      - you always have a copy of the most recent code/files on your local machine.
      Yes but when ppl starting putting comments on your blog and other changes are made - how do you keep them in sync with your local machine?
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      • Profile picture of the author Lucy Writes
        Just go into the Settings tab and then to the Privacy tab, and click the button to hide the site from the search engines. It won't keep anyone with the link to the site from going to it, but it will keep the site from being indexed by the search engines, so people won't be able to find it there.

        Then, when you're ready, go back into the Privacy tab and click to make the site visible to the search engines. Just remember to hit the Update button to save your changes!
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      • Profile picture of the author patfl
        Originally Posted by InquisitiveMarketer View Post

        Yes but when ppl starting putting comments on your blog and other changes are made - how do you keep them in sync with your local machine?
        You don't need, it's data, not files. For that you just need to do a daily backup of your database.

        So now let's say you have someone who hacks your site, your restore your files using your local copy and just restore your daily database backup.
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  • Profile picture of the author ExpertSEOServices
    I don´t tend to make mine private but I do like to block it from the search engines till I have set it up completely.
    You can do this through the privacy options under settings.
    Hope this helps.
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