Staging Websites

A staging website is a website with a particular suffix that does not consume a ‘Website’ package allowance. A staging website has all the same features as a standard websites except domain mapping and emails. By default all staging websites are Noindex. The Robot.txt is exclude from cloning a staging website and while pushing a staging website live.

Resellers are required to set their own staging domain.

In the Website listing a staging website can be identified by a STG tag.

Configure staging functionality

In order to successfully create staging website the following settings must be configured:

1. The hosting package must allow ‘Staging websites’
2. A staging domain must be configured in ‘Settings’ > Platform’ > ‘Platform domains’ > ‘Staging domain’ (The nameservers for this domain must be delegated to your hosting cluster.)

Add a staging website:

To add a staging website:

1. Open Websites in the left side bar
2. Click Add new
3. Select either Start from scratch ,Install an app or Clone a website and select the Make this a staging site checkbox
4. Click Add to finish

Push a staging website live

To push a staging website live:

1. Open Websites in the left side bar
2. Select the staging website you would like to push live
3. On the website dashboard select Push live
4. When the modal loads input a domain and click push live to finish