How to use shared URLs to access your site

This article explains how to access your website using a shared URL, commonly known as a “temporary URL.” You can browse your website without using your domain name if you have a shared URL. This option comes in handy while testing websites or if you have not set up your domain name settings yet.

Alternatively, if you have a dedicated IP address for your account you can use that to access your site.Table of Contents

Using shared URLs to access your site

Hostvento Hosting provides shared URLs that enable you to access your website without using your domain name. The URL you use depends on the type of account you have, and which Hostvento Hosting server hosts your account.

Some content management systems (CMS) and web applications may not display correctly when you use a shared URL. This is because they are configured to use your domain name (such as example.com), which is different from your shared URL (for example, mi3-ss33.hostventohosting.com). For example, you must update two database settings every time you use a different domain name with WordPress.

Shared hosting accounts

To determine the shared URL for a shared hosting account, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you know the Hostvento Hosting server name for your account. For information about how to determine the server name for your account, please see this article.
2. If the server name for your account contains a hyphen (-), make the following changes to the server name to construct the shared URL:
   • Change hostventohosting.com to hostventohosted.com.
   • Add www to the beginning of the URL.
   • Add your username followed by a period (.) to the beginning of the URL.
   For example, if your server name is mi3-ss2.hostventohosting.com, and your username is example, then the shared URL is example.wwwmi3-ss2.hostventohosted.com.
3. If the server name for your account does not contain a hyphen (-), use the following table to find the corresponding shared URL for your server. Replace username with your own Hostvento Hosting account username, and replace X with the server number:
   If your server name is…… then the shared URL is:hostventosX.hostventohosting.comusername.wwwX.hostventohosted.comhostventossX.hostventohosting.comusername.wwwssX.hostventohosted.comhostventolsX.hostventohosting.comusername.wwwlsX.hostventohosted.comnlssX.hostventohosting.comusername.wwwnlssX.hostventohosted.comnllsX.hostventohosting.comusername.wwwnllsX.hostventohosted.comsgssX.hostventohosting.comusername.wwwsgssX.hostventohosted.comsglsX.hostventohosting.comusername.wwwsglsX.hostventohosted.com

Reseller hosting accounts

To determine the shared URL for a reseller hosting account, follow these steps:

1. Make sure you know the Hostvento Hosting server name for your account. For information about how to determine the server name for your account, please see this article.
2. If the server name for your account contains a hyphen (-), make the following changes to the server name to construct the shared URL:
   • Add www to the beginning of the URL.
   • Add your username followed by a period (.) to the beginning of the URL.
   For example, if your server name is az1-lr2.supercp.com, and your username is example, then the shared URL is example.wwwaz1-lr2.supercp.com.
3. If the server name for your account does not contain a hyphen (-), use the following table to find the corresponding shared URL for your server. Replace username with your own Hostvento Hosting account username, and replace X with the server number:
   If your server name is…… then the shared URL is:srX.supercp.comusername.wwwsrX.supercp.comssrX.supercp.comusername.wwwssrX.supercp.comnlssrX.supercp.comusername.wwwnlssrX.supercp.comsgssrX.supercp.comusername.wwwsgssrX.supercp.comsrcX.supercp.comusername.wwwsrcX.supercp.comnlsrcX.supercp.comusername.wwwnlsrcX.supercp.comsgsrcX.supercp.comusername.wwwsgsrcX.supercp.com

Managed WordPress hosting accounts

For older Managed WordPress accounts that are on Plesk, shared URLs are not available. Instead, you can use a modified hosts file to temporarily access your site. For information about how to do this, please see this article.

To access the shared URL for a Managed WordPress account on cPanel, follow these steps:

1. Log in to the Customer Portal.If you do not know how to log in to the Customer Portal, please see this article.
2. On the SERVICES menu, click MY SERVICES.
3. Under Products & Services, locate your Managed WordPress hosting account, and then click Manage.
4. Under Connection Details, next to Website URL, click the second URL. For example, in the following image http://username.wwwmi3-ts12.hostventohosted.com is the shared URL:

Managed VPS and managed Dedicated Server accounts

For managed VPS and managed Dedicated Server accounts, use the shared URL http://username.wwwXXX-XXX-XXX-XXX.hostventohosted.com. Replace username with your Hostvento Hosting account username, and replace XXX-XXX-XXX-XXX with your server’s IP address.

For example, if your username is example, and your server IP address is 192.168.1.24, then the shared URL is http://example.www192-168-1-24.hostventohosted.com.

Accessing subdomains and addon domains

If you have configured a subdomain or addon domain for your account, you can also access them using a shared URL.

Subdomains and addon domains are only accessible using a shared URL if the document root is within the public_html directory.

• Subdomains: To access a subdomain, add its basename to the end of the shared URL. For example, if your subdomain is test.example.com, and your shared URL is username.wwwaz1-ss25.hostventohosted.com, to access the subdomain use the URL username.wwwaz1-ss25.hostventohosted.com/test.
• Addon domains: To access an addon domain, add it to the end of the shared URL. For example, if your addon domain is example.com, and your shared URL is username.wwwaz1-ss25.hostventohosted.com, to access the addon domain use the URL username.wwwaz1-ss25.hostventohosted.com/example.com.

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