16. Site Deployment

Once a site is built, it must be deployed and made available for use. In this chapter, we touch on some of the challenges and changes that come with moving a site from the test stage to production.

Configuring Your Development Environment

At this point, you have built your site and set up your theme the way you want it, and your users are ready to embrace your handiwork. (Okay, maybe they aren’t, but we can dream, right?) In other words, you think you’re ready to go live.

Are you, though? There are a lot of things to consider when you move from a development site to production. Are your production site and server ready to handle the volume of users who may be active? Is there a solution for backups (there should be!)? If ...

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