If you are working on a temporary site that is located at a different location, you may need to change how your computer uses DNS on that page. You do this by editing the Host file. Here are the steps:

• Figure out what you want to change, for example:
• mywebsite.com has a development version on a dns server at 11.22.33.44
• Open the host file, here are the locations:
• %SystemRoot%\System32\drivers\etc\hosts - Windows
• /etc/hosts - Unix
• Open the file with a simple text editor like notepad or notepad++
• To add an entry, add the line:
• [ip of server location] [domain]
• So in the above example, the line will be:
• 11.22.33.44 mywebstie.com
• Save file. You may need to give windows elevated permission to save
• Open a browser and clear cache or do private browsing to test.
• Sometimes it helps to run flush dns:
• Press the key combo Windows + R
• Type this and press return:
• ipconfig /flushdns