{"id":342,"date":"2014-01-20T18:06:19","date_gmt":"2014-01-20T09:06:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.finchproservices.com\/?p=342"},"modified":"2014-01-20T18:06:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-20T09:06:19","slug":"day-20-self-education-staging-site-try-computer-first","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/n8finch2024.local\/day-20-self-education-staging-site-try-computer-first\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 20: Self Education: The Staging Site (try it on your computer first!)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you get more familiar with WordPress, you will want to try and push the limits and see what you can do, both in terms of design and development. It&#8217;s easy to want to try new things on your site or even a client&#8217;s site, live and online.<\/p>\n<h2>Reason<\/h2>\n<p>However, you NEVER want to experiment on a live site! If it breaks and you can&#8217;t repair your site right away, you will lose valuable time, traffic, and even money while your website is down.<\/p>\n<h2>Recipe<\/h2>\n<p>Watch today&#8217;s video to find out how you can set up a development site on your computer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mse0pC26y5Q?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Resource<\/h2>\n<p>Desktop Server is the program I used in this video, and they have several tutorials and &#8220;how tos&#8221; available on their website. The version I was running is the free version, however if you want more functionality, including interaction with a live website, you can get the premium version <a href=\"https:\/\/serverpress.com\/downloads\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Do you have any fears about working with live sites?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you get more familiar with WordPress, you will want to try and push the limits and see what you can do, both in terms of design and development. It&#8217;s easy to want to try new things on your site or even a client&#8217;s site, live and online. 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