How can I use WordPress.com for testing my blog?

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  accaging · Member · Jul 1, 2011 at 5:31 pm

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  I have installed the WordPress website software on my computer but I don’t know how to set up a new website that will eventually replace my current website. I want to set up a test sites so I can get it approved and we can work out any broken links or weird issues. We use Filezilla to upload our site to our host server and I don’t want the test site to be live while we are building it.
  Blog url: http://accaging.wordpress.com/

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  chrisrudzki · Member · Jul 1, 2011 at 6:09 pm

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  If you’re using WordPress.com to host your test site, you can set your blog to private — that way your site will only be accessible to you and anyone you add to your users list.

  You can do this from Settings > Privacy in your dashboard. This guide should come in handy: http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Once you’re satisfied with your blog, you can migrate the content to your WordPress.org installation by following this guide:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  If you’re looking for assistance with your self-hosted WordPress.org blog, you should visit: http://wordpress.org/support/

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org