Staging Websites
# About
A staging website is a website with a particular suffix that does not consume a 'Website' package allowance. A staging website has all the same features as a standard websites except domain mapping and emails.
A staging website can be identified by a STG tag.
# Configure staging functionality
In order to successfully create staging website the following settings must be configured:
- The hosting package must allow 'Staging websites'
- A staging domain must be configured in 'Settings' > Platform' > 'Platform domains' > 'Staging domain' (The nameservers for this domain must be delegated to your hosting cluster.)
# Add a staging website:
To add a staging website:
- Open Websites in the left side bar
- Click Add new
- Select either Start from scratch ,Install an app or Clone a website and select the Make this a staging site checkbox
- Click Add to finish
# Push a staging website live
To push a staging website live:
- Open Websites in the left side bar
- Select the staging website you would like to push live
- On the website dashboard select Push live
- When the modal loads input a domain and click push live to finish