http://liquidlayer.org/how-to-test-out-your-site-with-the-new-host-before-switching-name-servers

Transferring a website to a new web hosting provider might be a challenge, since the site ownercannot have a 100% clear picture of how the site will fit into the specifics of the new server before the DNS propagation is complete.

Luckily, there are a few tricks that can help users get a clear idea of how the newly transferred content will load from the new server after the DNS propagation has been completed.

1. Use the temporary host assigned to a hosting account
At signup, users are assigned a fully functioning temporary host, which they can use to preview their site. All they need to do is transfer their site contents to the host’s folder and then see how the site will load from the new location by using its URL.

They can find the host’s URL in the Welcome email and in the Hosted Domains section of the Web Hosting Control Panel.

NOTE: Temporary URLs are not recommended for previewing sites that use a strict URL configuration (including WordPress, PrestaShop, osCommerce, etc. sites), since they may force a URL rewrite that goes back to the original domain name, which may result in a redirection to your previous host, or in the site not displaying at all.

Click below to see the HowTo:

http://liquidlayer.org/how-to-test-out-your-site-with-the-new-host-before-switching-name-servers

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