How to set up beta site?

[Bokehman]

Typically I would set up a folder something like this : website.com/testing. I use absolute URLs, so all the links would be temporary. When it came time to go live I would edit all the links to match the final URL.

I know if I used relative URLs I could just do the links once and transfer with no editing, but from what I understand relative URLs aren’t recommended.

Is there a better way to go about this?

Also, I’ve seen some beta sites with a folder in front of the URL, like this: dev.website.com.

How is that set up?

Thanks in advance.

[CrocoDillon]

Can’t answer your first question since I set up a vhost for every project, so the absolute URLs are already correct in development.

But the ‘folder’ in front of the URL is actually a subdomain, it can link to a totally different server address if you want it to.

[Bokehman]

How do you go about setting up the vhost?

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