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Trial Sites

Trial Sites are your development environments for starting a new site project before you publish to a custom domain name.

The number of Trial Sites available and the timeframe until they expire, depend on your Treepl CMS member status.

Quick Start

Setup a Trial Site

Once logged into your Treepl Portal (portal.treepl.co) you should arrive at the 'Trial Sites' page.

From here, use the ‘Create New Site’ button to start a new site instance, completing the information required for your site as follows:

Option
Description
Site Name
A descriptive name for your project.
Root Domain
Either treepl.co or trialsite.co (for white-labelling).
Subdomain
Usually autocompletes, but you can change if needed.
Hosting Plan
An appropriate plan for your project requirements/budget.
Create From
Choose a blank site or one of the free Treepl CMS templates (preview the templates via the blue button).
Data Center
Choose the server location best for your site.
Country
Set your sites primary location.
Timezone
Set the server time to be used for all your site's date/time functions.
Enable two-factor authentication (2FA)
Enable Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) for any admin logging into the site. See 2FA documentation here for more info.

Click "Save" and within approximately 1 minute your site instances should spin up and ready to access.
(the instance will appear in your ‘Trial Sites’ list with a pending status until ready)

Manage a Trial Site

Once a Trial Site is ready, you'll see additional options available for managing your instance:

Option
Description
URL
View the Trial Site with the system generated subdomain.
Admin
Navigate to the site admin.
Activate
Start the site activation process to publish the site under a custom domain.
Duplicate
Create an complete copy of the instance.
Edit details
Access the instance settings.
Delete
Remove the instance from your account.

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