{"id":39467,"date":"2023-10-04T09:04:14","date_gmt":"2023-10-04T06:04:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/help-center-reorg.site.strattic.io\/?p=39467"},"modified":"2024-03-18T11:00:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T09:00:53","slug":"understanding-the-difference-between-static-hosting-environments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/understanding-the-difference-between-static-hosting-environments\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding the difference between static hosting environments"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/elementor.com\/help\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/static-environements.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37844\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_b0e6ad4f30\">What is the difference between each environment?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s essential to understand our three environments to successfully develop and publish your site. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li> <a href=\"#staging\">Staging<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> (WordPress site)<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <a href=\"#preview\">Preview<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> (Static site)<\/span> <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li> <a href=\"#live\">Live<\/a><span style=\"font-size: revert; color: initial;\"> (Static site)<\/span> <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"staging\">Staging<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_07f60e0bea\"><code>https:\/\/example.site.strattic.io\/<\/code><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>When referring to your <b>Staging<\/b> website, this is the <b>WordPress<\/b> version of your website. Your WordPress website is housed in our unique secure, containerized environment, which you wake up when needed through your <a href=\"https:\/\/my.elementor.com\/websites\/\">Elementor Account<\/a> (it shuts down for extra security and environmental reasons). You would use this development environment to make edits to your website, such as adding new content, installing plugins, or updating your theme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;When creating internal links you should use the staging url of your site (<code>https:\/\/example.site.strattic.io\/about-us\/<\/code>) or relative links like <code>\/about-us\/<\/code>. This url will get rewritten to your live or preview url when you do a Static publish.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"preview\">Preview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_b322810220\"><code>https:\/\/example.preview.elementorstatic.com\/<\/code><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The <b>Preview<\/b> environment is ideal for reviewing your website and testing any major changes or updates you have implemented. By publishing to the Preview site, you\u2019ll be able to see how an updated static version of your site will look before updating your live static site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Your Preview site is blocked from search engines with the <code>X-robots-tag<\/code> HTTP header.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"live\">Live<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_986b8fc3ab\"><code>https:\/\/example.live.elementorstatic.com\/ or https:\/\/www.yourdomain.com<\/code><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_bf7f71c09b\">Before connecting your domain <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Publishing to <strong>Live<\/strong> will generate a static version of your WordPress site. The Live static version will become your public-facing site once you connect your domain. In the meantime, you can test publishing to the live version until you\u2019re ready to launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Your live site is blocked from search engines with the <code>X-robots-tag<\/code> HTTP header until your custom domain is connected.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h_39f7cc11f0\">After connecting your domain <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you connect your custom domain to your static site, our system rewrites all the URLs to the updated domain name. Your domain name will now be public-facing for your visitors to see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The live URL (example.live.strattic.io) will no longer be available (since it has been replaced by your real custom domain).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Live static sites cannot be edited directly. 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