Comments on: Changing your HOSTS file on Windows XP, Windows Vista, Mac OS X and Linux http://blog.nethosted.co.uk/linux-hosting/changing-your-hosts-file-on-windows-xp-windows-vista-mac-os-x-and-linux NetHosted's web hosting articles and information. Thu, 25 Mar 2010 11:26:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: admin http://blog.nethosted.co.uk/linux-hosting/changing-your-hosts-file-on-windows-xp-windows-vista-mac-os-x-and-linux/comment-page-1#comment-52 admin Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:32:01 +0000 http://blog.nethosted.co.uk/?p=69#comment-52 Giles, Thanks for your comments, the hyphen was indeed a mistake so thanks for pointing that out it's been corrected now. With the CMS systems that's fair enough, these weren't all tested but I know some CMS have problems with accessing via a temporary URL, I've changed the wording to indicate that this may cause issues but may not. Cheers! Giles,

Thanks for your comments, the hyphen was indeed a mistake so thanks for pointing that out it’s been corrected now.

With the CMS systems that’s fair enough, these weren’t all tested but I know some CMS have problems with accessing via a temporary URL, I’ve changed the wording to indicate that this may cause issues but may not.

Cheers!

]]> By: Giles Kennedy http://blog.nethosted.co.uk/linux-hosting/changing-your-hosts-file-on-windows-xp-windows-vista-mac-os-x-and-linux/comment-page-1#comment-45 Giles Kennedy Thu, 04 Dec 2008 14:23:27 +0000 http://blog.nethosted.co.uk/?p=69#comment-45 The hyphen in the example hosts entry above is not part of the spec, though it may still work OK. Normally a hosts entry will look like: 85.13.250.34 www.nethosted.co.uk Also there's nothing in a default Drupal installation that stops it from working at an alternate URL. In fact it's specifically designed to allow this. However it is true that any website may display incorrectly if links and references to other assets are not set up correctly. The hyphen in the example hosts entry above is not part of the spec, though it may still work OK. Normally a hosts entry will look like:

85.13.250.34 http://www.nethosted.co.uk

Also there’s nothing in a default Drupal installation that stops it from working at an alternate URL. In fact it’s specifically designed to allow this. However it is true that any website may display incorrectly if links and references to other assets are not set up correctly.

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