Patrick Grant

OK, thanks for the information.

Many thanks for the replies. It has helped plan what I need to do to get setting up the site and environments as right as I can.

Presumably I need some sort of IDE which I can use for:
>>> Building Web Pages
>>> Updating Content: and
>>> Coding CSS, PHP, SQL and Python

Any good recommendations?

How are changes normally made to WP web sites so they are tested and controlled?

Are they made on a PC then tested and then published to the host? Or are they made on the host then published?

In both above cases, are the changes made a tool like Desktop server or Local WP?

What I am trying to accomplish is
1. To build and test a WP site on a PC using MySQL and Python for SQL forms
2. publish the web site on Bluehost VPS or similar which would permit Python Scripts and upload reference table data to MySQL database
3. Use The PC to publish WP web page changes – without updating data in the database

It looks like I will need a Word Press Server on my PCart some point.

Which Servers should I consider? Server Express and anything else?