RossMP

Thanks so much, I really appreciate you taking the time to help. However, I had already just about managed to set up the new staging site just before I saw your message.

A bit stressful, as when setting up the staging site I can across a window that asked if the staging site would ‘share document root’ of the existing site.

It also said ‘If the document root is shared then the created domain will serve the same content as “example.com“. This setting is permanent.’

I read online that if the checkbox is checked it could wreck the (my) website. I don’t really understand it, but went with the unchecked option when creating the staging site.

So I now have a separate folder in my cPanel file tree that is a duplicate of my existing website.

I can now access both the existing and staging sites in independent WordPress windows and edit the staging site without affecting the existing site.

Now I just need to install a new theme and get going with the design.

I did do a full backup of my site, but even that was nerve wracking as it wasn’t easy to understand and I wouldn’t even have a clue how to restore a broken website from a backup!

I have very few good support lifelines indeed for understanding the backend of my website, and the advice I do find I often don’t understand or am scared to implement, as the slightest mistake can wreak havoc!

So thanks again for the help and I am sure it will also help others ??

• This reply was modified 1 year, 1 month ago by RossMP.