Development vs Site Shield

Posted by gauntt@upenn.edu on 20-Mar-2020 21:12

Wonder if anyone who has used both can tell me the difference between using the Site Shield module to set a website to be in development mode, vs. in multi-site where you can check the box "This site is in process of development". What is the difference and what is the same and is one better than the other??

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Posted by jread on 23-Mar-2020 21:18

Site Shield only allows users you have granted access to on the frontend view the site (email address is all that is needed). Process of development is for setting a different domain during development time.

You can use the Site shield feature to protect a website that is under development from unauthorized access, but to allow users without backend permissions to view it while it is been developed. For example, when stakeholders want to evaluate the progress of a website, but they do not have backend permissions.

www.progress.com/.../site-shield-view-unpublished-websites

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