When you move a website to FariHost, you can check it on our servers before you point your domain to us, so visitors never see a broken site.
Use the temporary URL
- Open your control panel. See Getting started.
- On your package's overview, look for the Temporary URL and click it.
- Your website opens on that temporary address. Check pages, forms and logins.
WordPress tip: WordPress may redirect the temporary URL to your real domain. In that case, use the hosts-file method below.
Advanced: edit your hosts file
You can tell only your own computer to load your domain from our servers. Find your package's IP address in the control panel (Manage DNS shows the A record), then add a line such as IP_ADDRESS yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com to your computer's hosts file. Remove the line when you're done.
When everything looks right, update your nameservers.
Need help?
Open a support ticket from your FariHost Client Area or message us on WhatsApp and our team will help you.