NOTE: You will be prompted to enter your admin password.Ģ. Flush the DNS cache (you can issue a simple Terminal command to flush the DNS cache depending on the version of OS X you are using and have your host file changes to take immediate effect).ġ. Save the hosts file (when done editing the hosts file, press CTRL+O to save the file > press Enter on the filename prompt > Ctrl+X to exit the editor).Ħ. Edit the hosts file appending your new mappings underneath the default ones:ĥ. Type your user password when prompted (you can navigate the file using the arrow keys).Ĥ.
Open the hosts by typing on the Terminal that you have just opened:ģ. Open Terminal.app, either by start typing Terminal on the Spotlight, or by going into Applications > Utilities > Terminal:Ģ. Add the following entries at the end of the file:ġ. NOTE: If you cannot see the hosts file, select All Files (*.*) in the dialog box:ģ. In Notepad, press the Ctrl + O keymatch > navigate to the C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\ directory > open hosts file: In the Search Window type in notepad > right-click on the Notepad icon > select Run as administrator:Ģ. You may need to clear your browser cache once again to ensure everything is fresh.ġ. NOTE: To revert the changes, you need to remove the new entries added to your host file or simply comment them by adding '#' at the beginning of each line, then save the changes. Now you need to clear the browser's cache and re-open your domain name in it to see the changes. IP_address where IP_address is the IP address of your account on the server (it can be found in Your Hosting Welcome Guide), and is your actual domain name:ĩ. Insert the following strings in the end of the document: Choose the ' hosts' file and click Open:ħ. Browse to C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc (you may simply copy this path into the address bar and click Enter):Ħ. Once Notepad is opened with Administrative privileges, click the File menu > choose Open:Ĥ. Find Applications > type Notepad in the search bar and then right-click Notepad and select to Run as Administrator:ģ. Open Notepad with Administrative privileges by clicking the Start button. As an alternative to the instructions above, you can edit the 'hosts' file on Windows 7 or Vista in another simple way as described for Windows 8 or 8.1 below:ġ.
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