Is there a way or address that I can test a hosting account that has been setup prior to transfering the domain name? Something like http://xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx/~username/ in apache? Seems like there has to be a way to do this... I'm transfering several production domains from an old Windows server onto my new Windows server with PLESK and need a simple way to test these domains before moving their domain names.

Thanks,
Chad

 

testing a domain without dns:

in your browser:

http://ipadresofserver/domainname.com_non_ssl

 

Windows

Or edit your hosts file in the following directory:

c:\*Windowsdirectory*\system32\drivers\etc\

under the line
127.0.0.1 localhost
add the following line (add the bottom) of the file:

hostingipadres(ipadres of server!) domainnaam.com

This way you can bypass the dns-server for the domain.