Test Site

I apologise, this is probably a dumb question but.....

how do you set up a test site?
and do you need a domain name etc?
Could you have a test site on your own computer if it was able to cope?

 

Is this the right forum for this thread

 

Yes, this is indeed the correct forum for such a topic.

 

I set my test site up on the same domain in a different folder structure that is password protected to the open world.

You can do local testing as well. On a Windows box you will want to install WinLAMP : Apache MySQL PHP PERL installer (WinLAMP Is Not LAMP)

 

Assuming you are talking about vbulletin, you may be interested in this thread on vb.com - Step by Step: Create a test forum based on a 'snapshot' of your live one
I set my site up in another folder and then actually have a sub-domain set up for it. You don't need to do that though. You do need to make sure it is htaccess password protected.

 

brill, thanks guys.