Need help with Plesk

izbryte

Hi!
I recently purchased my own dedicated server and am using Plesk. I'm wondering once I upload a new website, and it's on a shared IP, if there's a way to test it before transferring the DNS. I know how to alter the hosts file. I'd like to give my clients an IP address so they can look around and approve that everything looks ok. Is there a way to do this with a shared IP?

bpat1434

You could utilize the IP instead of the domain name. So...

123.123.123.255/mywebsite/ instead of www.mydomain.com/

izbryte

Ok, That doesn't seem to be working for me. For example I have a website eyesbryte.com. I've uploaded all the files and would like to view them before transferring the domain. But going to 23.123.123.255/eyesbryte/ doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

bpat1434

Well, what is your structure like? I mean the IP goes to the server, not to the specific root directory. You'd have to do something like:
23.123.123.255/sitename/public_html/

or whatever. Use the FTP path info in the URL. So if your FTP path to visible content is:
/eyesbryte/html/www
then your URL would be:
23.123.123.255/eyesbryte/html/www

Hope that makes sense.

izbryte

Makes sense but it's still not working. Now I have this: 23.123.123.255/eyesbryte/httpdocs
But it's still not working. Any other ideas?

bpat1434

Not sure what to tell you. It should work. have you asked your service provider what's going on? Have you asked on a Plesk specific forum? I'm out of ideas, I don't use Plesk (never got the chance) so, that's the extent of my knowledge.