{"id":2480,"date":"2021-09-29T13:18:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:18:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/?p=2480"},"modified":"2021-09-29T13:18:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-29T13:18:55","slug":"how-to-access-drupal-from-a-temporary-url","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ownwebservers.com\/kb\/how-to-access-drupal-from-a-temporary-url\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Access Drupal from a temporary URL?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before publishing a web site over the web, we have a tendency to make sure that everything over the web site is simply however we expected. In such a case having to access our Drupal based web site on a cPanel server with a temporary URL will come-in handy.<\/p>\n<p>For example:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>http:\/\/yourserverip\/~username\/your-test-website<\/strong><\/pre>\n<div class=\"st-alert st-alert- \"><strong>Note:\u00a0<\/strong>For explanation \u2018your-test-website\u2019 is where the Drupal site is configured. Paths may vary according to the configuration.<\/div>\n<p>Following the steps below should help you set-up a site over a temporary URL:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 1:<\/strong>\u00a0Find the file\u00a0<strong>\/public_html\/sites\/default\/settings.php<\/strong>\u00a0on the server.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 2:<\/strong>\u00a0Find the setting \u201c<strong>$base_url =<\/strong>\u00a0\u201c.<br \/>\nUn-comment the line and replace with the below:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>$base_url = 'http:\/\/serverip\/~test';<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Step 3:<\/strong>\u00a0You must now configure the\u00a0<strong>.htaccess<\/strong>\u00a0for appropriate redirection.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Step 4:<\/strong>\u00a0Open\u00a0<strong>.htaccess<\/strong>\u00a0file in the drupal directory. (\/public_html\/your-test-website\/.htaccess)<\/p>\n<p>Find the line which says \u2018<strong>RewriteBase \/<\/strong>\u2018<\/p>\n<p>Un-comment the line and replace it with the following:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>RewriteBase \/~username<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><strong>Step 5:<\/strong>\u00a0Save the file.<\/p>\n<p>Now try accessing your domain using the temporary URL:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>http:\/\/yourserverip\/~username\/your-test-website<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p>By doing this, you&#8217;ll check your web site without publishing over the internet. Once you&#8217;re assured concerning its functionality, you will move the complete directory below the main domain to make the site publically accessible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before publishing a web site over the web, we have a tendency to make sure that everything over the web site is simply however we expected. 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