Redesigning a live site?

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   I've been using ProductCart for about a year now and I love it! But I think it's time to spruce up my site with a redesign.

Does anyone have any advice on working on a redesign while keeping the site live? I figure I can reference a seperate css file, but there's some in code mods I'm going to need to do as well. 

Thoughts? Feelings?

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Enclothe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02-April-2007 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Enclothe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Topic: Redesigning a live site? Posted: 12-August-2008 at 4:43pm
	I've been using ProductCart for about a year now and I love it! But I think it's time to spruce up my site with a redesign. Does anyone have any advice on working on a redesign while keeping the site live? I figure I can reference a seperate css file, but there's some in code mods I'm going to need to do as well. Thoughts? Feelings?

Greg Dinger Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Certified ProductCart Developers Joined: 23-September-2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 238	Post Options Post Reply Quote Greg Dinger Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 12-August-2008 at 5:14pm
	I frequently create a seperate hosting account for my clients when we are redesigning their site. That way we create a temporary URL that only we know about and can use to fully revise the site out of public view. Then we copy the pages back to the production site that were altered at the point we are ready to launch. Your host may require you to open a new hosting account with a fake domain name in order to do this, and it might cost you a couple months hosting fees for the flexibility. Because I run my own servers, I have the flexibility to take that action, and tend to do this gratis for my client. Another way is to create a subfolder in your site and copy everything into that area for the redesign, but there are potential drawbacks and complications by doing this.

Enclothe Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Newbie Joined: 02-April-2007 Status: Offline Points: 0	Post Options Post Reply Quote Enclothe Report Post Thanks(0) Quote Reply Posted: 14-August-2008 at 10:13pm
	That sounds good, I'll look into it. Thanks!