Temporary URLs: what are they and what are they used for?

When you create a hosting package you’re given a temporary URL, as below.

Temporary URL

There are a few reasons why you may want to use the temporary URL.

Viewing a hosting package when you have used a domain reference
At Greeny Host Host you can create a hosting package using a domain reference. This means that the hosting package won’t be connecting to a live domain name via DNS, so to view the files you’ve uploaded to the site you can use the temporary URL. It will display the site as if it were live, except it will be on our temporary URL servers and the URL is something like http://example-co-uk.stackstaging.com.

Viewing a site that you’ve migrated, before you switch the DNS to Greeny Host Host
When migrating a site to Greeny Host Host, we recommend the following process:

Migrate the site files, emails and databases to Greeny Host Host
Check the site works at Greeny Host Host via the temporary URL
Point the nameservers to Greeny Host Host.
Step 2 is where the temporary URL comes in. After you’ve copied all the site data in Greeny Host Host, you may want to check that it works. Selecting the temporary URL will show you what the site will look like before you’ve pointed the nameservers to Greeny Host Host’s.