You can test your Web site without having to point your domain name to your new server. You can do this by editing your hosts file.
Step 1: notepad run as administrator
Open notepad as Administrator via start-> Type: notepad-> right click, and then click Run as administrator.
Step 2: Open hosts file in notepad
Go to file-open in notepad >-select all files-> open the following file: "(disk drive):/WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/DRIVERS/ETC/HOSTS"
Step 3: put your domain name in the hosts file
In the hosts file create you a new line:
< server ip address > < yourdomain.com www.yourdomain.com >
So for example:
123.253.0.110 www.xsonline.eu
Save file
Step 4: visit your domain name now
Restart your browser and surf to your domain name. This should now point to your hosting package.
