Temporary URLs: what are they, and what are they used for?

When you create a hosting package, you're given a temporary URL.

There are a few reasons why you may want to use the temporary URL.

Viewing a hosting package when you have used a domain reference

At HostVerge you can create a hosting package using a domain reference. This means that the hosting package won’t be connected to a live domain name via DNS, so to view the files you’ve uploaded to the site, you can use the temporary URL. It will display the site as if it were live, except it will be on our temporary URL servers and the URL is something like temporarydomain.com.

Viewing a site that you’ve migrated before you switch the DNS to HostVerge

When migrating a site to HostVerge, we recommend the following process:

• Migrate the site files, emails and databases to HostVerge
• Check that the site works at HostVerge via the temporary URL
• Point the nameservers to HostVerge.

Another step is where the temporary URL comes in. After you’ve copied all the site data to HostVerge, you may want to check that it works. Selecting the temporary URL will show you what the site will look like before you’ve pointed the nameservers to HostVerge’s.

Showing your client their site before making it live on the actual domain name

You may want to show your client a site that you’ve developed for them without it being accessible on the live domain name. You can give your clients the URL: temporarydomain.com

Alternatively, you create a redirect from the domain name to the temporary URL.