Localhost development with IP address

  • Hello:

    What is the best strategy to develop a WordPress site without a fully qualified domain name?

    I do have an IP address active and working.

    I would like to be able to develop the WordPress site while I wait for the Domain name to be created. Once the Domain name is approved I could change the binding in IIS.

    My current specs are: Windows Server 2012, IIS 7.5, MySQL.

    Thanks!

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)
  • Thread Starter Richard Krone

    (@rkrone)

    Hello johnpaulb:

    Thank you for the idea.

    I understand that I can edit my workstation’s hostfile to allow me to type in a “simulated” FQDN that points at my server’s IP address where WP is hosted.

    Once I get the FQDN of say https://www.something.com would I then just have to update the binding on the IIS server?

    Is it really that simple?

    Thanks for the suggestions.

Viewing 1 replies (of 1 total)
  • The topic ‘Localhost development with IP address’ is closed to new replies.