I was referring to his hosts file on his personal machine for testing. Editing your hosts file makes you not have to wait for DNS changes, as you're telling your browser what IP address it supposed to be used. I use it to see what happens if I want a site to go live but what to see the ramifications first.
Joel
-----Original Message----- From: support-bounces@drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces@drupal.org] On Behalf Of Earnie Boyd Sent: Monday, June 18, 2012 9:40 AM To: support@drupal.org Subject: Re: [support] Gone live problem
On Mon, Jun 18, 2012 at 8:44 AM, Joel Willers wrote:
You can always change your 'hosts' file on your machine to test how something works without actually changing the A record. Just add a line with IP address and the URL you want it to take over. Just make sure you remove it, otherwise you might not notice problems in the future.
I don't believe the OP has access to his /etc/hosts file and the provider will not do it for him.
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