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  • Can I use /Sites/ in OSX to develop WordPress, and possibly share staging URLs with the outside world? In the past - I have used XAMPP to develop on a single WordPress install in the XAMPP/htdocs/ folder. This was mainly to test HTML/CSS stuff preliminarily before eventually developing on a public staging server. Going forward - I would like to start a new WP install for every new client project, each with its own database and temporary URL which can be public to the client, before pushing to a live server via WP Migrate Pro. Is this possible? Thanks!

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    Sure, it's possible. I do all my development in a local MAMP environment and (when necessary) point a beta subdomain at my static IP so the client can view/test before going live. You need to http://foundationphp.com/tutorials/vhosts_mamp.php and add the A records to the DNS record, but beyond that should be just what you're used to doing with XAMP. If you don't have a static IP, you could explore dynamic DNS solutions, but, speaking from experience, that ends up being quite a pain. The best approach there would be to subscribe to a service that let's you https://www.google.com/#q=wildcard+dynamic+dns the subdomain so you could set-up vhosts like client.domainname.com.

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Yes, this is possible, although you'll need to know your public IP, understand that it might change often, and probably also use a non-standard port for the web server, as port 80 outgoing is often blocked by the internet service providers. To me, it sounds like more trouble than it's worth, and I'd just put it on the live server, but password protect it, or limit it via visitor IP.

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Thanks guys. In terms of viewing the URL in /Sites/ locally, what is the shorter version of that? Right now it looks like file:///Users/critzer/Sites/myclient/index.html Is that something I need to set in the hosts file?

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