{"id":443,"date":"2012-10-30T18:07:01","date_gmt":"2012-10-30T18:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/?p=443"},"modified":"2022-02-22T11:09:53","modified_gmt":"2022-02-22T11:09:53","slug":"configure-magento-to-be-accessible-on-temporary-url","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/configure-magento-to-be-accessible-on-temporary-url\/","title":{"rendered":"Configure magento to be accessible on temporary URL"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What if you want to test your magento installed on your hosting account even if the domain isn&#8217;t registered ? Yes, it is possible with our <a title=\"magento\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/apps\/magento-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>magento hosting<\/strong><\/a> plans.<\/p>\n<p>You can point the website to server IP by making changes in hosts file on your local machine. Refer the post <a title=\"hosts file\" href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-use-hosts-file\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>use hosts file<\/strong><\/a>. Alternatively, you can make few changes in the database which will allow you to use your magento installation on temporary URL.<\/p>\n<p>Login to your control panel &amp; access phpMyadmin. Select the database and look for table <strong>core_config_data<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Edit the fields below. Replace domain name with temporary URL depending on control panel you use.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>web\/unsecure\/base_url<br \/>\nweb\/secure\/base_url<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>It&#8217;s time to remove the cache which has been built up. Delete all content under &#8220;<strong>var\/cache<\/strong>&#8220;. It is available under magento installed directory.<\/p>\n<p>You will be able to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.milesweb.co.uk\/hosting-faqs\/how-to-install-magento-from-cpanel-softaculous\/\">use magento installation<\/a> on temporary URL now.<\/p>\n<p>Even after making the changes, you will see that magento front page works. But when clicked on other URL&#8217;s it shows a 404 error. It is because the rewrite do not work with temporary URL with the tilde (~). Here is what you can use. Browse the URL as below.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>http:\/\/server-IP\/~username\/index.php\/customer-service<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Other alternative is to disable rewrite rules from the Magento admin panel. Login to your Magento admin panel &amp; access option <strong>Admin &gt;&gt; System &gt;&gt; Configuration<\/strong>. Under General Section Tab access <strong>Web &gt;&gt; Search Engines Optimization<\/strong>. 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