WordPress adding "previewdns" to all external links.

  • Resolved jorgesito

    (@jorgesito)


    12 years, 2 months ago

    I am developing a site using previewdns. In a few instances, I need to link to my client’s current site, which is an asp.net site.

    When I create a link to the current .net site, and click “Save” (in a widget) or “Update” (on a page) WordPress automatically adds a “.previewdns.com” onto the end of the link and it breaks, because that page doesn’t exist in this WP install.

    I reckon this problem will fix itself once I change the WP install over to the original domain, but I want the client to be able to preview the site before it is live, and I want everything to work.

    Can someone advise?

    Thanks!

    -Jorge

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  • Read Preview DNS and WordPress Content | Go Daddy Support

    “Be careful when using WordPress? with Preview DNS enabled on your site….”

    Thread Starter jorgesito

    (@jorgesito)

    I Googled my problem before throwing up my hands and coming here with it. So, I already read through your offering, twice.

    I did see this part:

    “Once you’re ready to turn off Preview DNS, you can use the Search and Replace plugin to find all instances of mycooldomain.com.preview.com and replace them with mycooldomain.com. For more information, click here.”

    That doesn’t help me because I would like the links to work BEFORE I go live.

    Anyone find a work-around to make these links work before going live?

    Thread Starter jorgesito

    (@jorgesito)

    Funky Workaround:

    Since previewdns will automatically change any link that contains the domain name in which I’m working, I went to tinyurl[dot]com and regenerated links to the pages to which I want to link. Now previewdns doesn’t read my domain name in the links and leaves them alone.

    I just have to remember to change these links when I go live.

    Hope this helps someone in the future.

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