This article is mainly for those who have already installed Joomla on a domain and need to view the site on a temporary URL, ex. http://cleveland.securedserverspace.com/~cPuser
In the URL above, cPuser is just a placeholder. Be sure to replace it with your actual cPanel username in all the steps below. You will need to make changes to 2 different files within the Joomla install.
Open the File Manager in cPanel to view and edit your files.- If you don't know how, you can follow this guide.
Modify the configuration.php, look for the following:
public $live_site = '';
and change it to:
public $live_site = 'http://cleveland.securedserverspace.com/~cPuser';
Go into .htaccess and change:
RewriteBase /
to
RewriteBase /~cPuser
Clear the cache in the Joomla admin side via:
System → Clear Cache from the drop-down menus.
The temp-url can be accessed only if mod_userdir protection is disabled.
To enable temporary URL functionality, please contact us to have mod_user disabled.
Congratulations! You’ve successfully tested your Joomla site using a temporary URL.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our team via live chat.
For technical inquiries, please feel free to reach our support team by emailing support@bigscoots.com from your registered email or by submitting a support ticket.