Posted by In this article, we will learn about a staging site. A staging site is a copy of a website that we use for testing and development purposes.
It is typically separate from the live, production website and we use it to try out new features, make design changes, and fix bugs without affecting the live website.
We use a staging site for a “sandbox” environment where developers and designers can experiment and make changes without the risk of breaking the live website. Once the changes have been tested and are ready to be deployed, they can be pushed from the staging site to the live site.
We can say the user acceptance testing(UAT) environment/website to a staging website.
We use staging sites as a useful tool for website development and we do the changes on the staging website and test the changes before going live.
Below are the points about a staging site:
- A staging site is usually a separate installation of a website, with its own unique URL. This allows you to work on the staging site without affecting the live site.
- We can create staging sites manually by setting up a separate installation of the website on a different server or hosting environment. Some hosting providers and content management systems, such as WordPress, also offer tools to create and manage staging sites.
- Staging sites are usually only accessible to a limited number of users, such as developers and designers, to ensure that only authorized personnel can make changes to the site.
- Once, we have done the changes on the staging site, we are ready to deploy to the live site, and can push those changes from the staging site to the live site using a variety of tools and techniques. We can refer this process to as “staging to production”.