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Hello community!
I'm new to C5, but I've learned a lot from the forums in the past few weeks. So thanks to everyone!

I'm building a site for a local org. I registered the domain and put up a simple(single) page until the full site is ready. My question(s)....how or where should I go about developing the site?

1. Should I develop off line(I have XAMPP set up) and upload when it's ready?

2. Should I develop on a subdomain?

3. Should I do it the way Ekko suggests here:http://www.concrete5.org/community/forums/usage/i-dont-want-my-c5-w...

4. Am I missing a better/easier option?

What are the pros and cons for each method? What would you recommend(I'm new to C5 and to cpanel).

Thanks!
 
anchoredbutterfly replied on at Permalink Best Answer Reply
anchoredbutterfly
For new websites on a new domain, I personally prefer to work on the website as is with c5, directly on its domain. I had a very bad experience trying to move a site over once, and won't risk that again. If you don't want anyone to see your work until it's done, just set the homepage with a placeholder, and hide your other pages from nav until you're ready to go live.

For me personally, with my clients, I like to let them see the site as it's being made, so at the end of the day I shoot them an email and ask them to go online and see their site, then give me feedback as to template/presentation/functionality etc.

Because c5 is so great to work with, you can show results fairly quickly this way, without having to upload/download stuff constantly, but rather just make the edits either via c5 dashboard or cPanel. Instantly updates your site either way.

But again, this is just my own preference. I'm sure others will have other opinions :)

Good luck either way!
Ekko replied on at Permalink Reply
Ekko
What I threw in that other post was for having two sites, and than replacing one with the other. For your purposes I would do exactly as anchored butterfly wrote, while using Mkly's maintenance editor which has additional features built just for initial setup such as mailing lists, client access, custom landing page etc etc. Just change the down for maintenance message to site coming soon or what ever the owners prefer.

http://www.concrete5.org/marketplace/addons/maintenance-editor/...

A clause in your contract about usage rights only after final payment couldn't hurt either.
Sublime replied on at Permalink Reply
Thanks guys!!!
I will take your advice.