{"id":24111,"date":"2022-02-02T14:20:07","date_gmt":"2022-02-02T14:20:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/1-grid.com\/knowledge\/cpanel-how-to-access-your-website-via-temp-url\/"},"modified":"2023-03-07T10:07:20","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T10:07:20","slug":"cpanel-how-to-access-your-website-via-temp-url","status":"publish","type":"ht_kb","link":"https:\/\/1grid.co.za\/knowledge\/cpanel-how-to-access-your-website-via-temp-url\/","title":{"rendered":"cPanel: How to access your website via temp URL ?"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This article provides you with steps on how to view your website should your domain&#8217;s DNS still be propagating.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>What is a cPanel temporary URL?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">cPanel temporary URL is a link that helps users access their site via the server IP address, instead of the domain name. The format of this temporary URL is usually<\/span> \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/ipaddress\/~user\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http:\/\/ipaddress\/~user\/<\/a>&#8216; <span style=\"color: #000000;\">or<\/span> \u2018<a href=\"http:\/\/servername\/~user\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\">http:\/\/servername\/~user\/<\/a>&#8216;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This information can be found via your Customer Zone<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"fr-fic fr-dib fr-bordered fr-shadow aligncenter\" style=\"width: 511px;\" src=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/cdn.freshdesk.com\/data\/helpdesk\/attachments\/production\/33042324735\/original\/v4TocGZzU05Iw8EBpT5Vu74umRDK3r9TWQ.png?1592816797\" height=\"351\" data-id=\"33042324619\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An example of this in our environment can be seen below:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/srv48.hostserv.co.za\/~gridtestcoza%C2%A0\" rel=\"noreferrer\">https:\/\/srv48.hostserv.co.za\/~gridtestcoza\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/41.185.8.148\/~gridtestcoza%C2%A0\" rel=\"noreferrer\">https:\/\/41.185.8.148\/~gridtestcoza\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-size: 18px; color: #000000;\"><strong>What is the use of a cPanel temporary URL?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The cPanel temporary URL is used when the domain name is not working. We\u2019ve seen users contacting web hosts for their temporary URL, usually in two scenarios:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Your customers are creating new websites and they would like to test it before making them public.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Customers who migrate their accounts from another hosting to your server, want to confirm that everything is fine, before switching the DNS to your server.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This article provides you with steps on how to view your website should your domain&#8217;s DNS still be propagating. What is a cPanel temporary URL? cPanel temporary URL is a link that helps users access their site via the server IP address, instead of the domain name. 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