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[Imran Mughal]

I’m using the latest version of “X” and am struggling with the header image (logo) being hard-coded.

I need to have the logo inserted as a relative link because we have 2 site instances: a development/testing instance, and our production instance.

I start by taking a snapshot of the site (db + files) from PROD, then move it to the DEV instance where I make my changes, and then roll those changes back into PROD. This is why moving the site is so important.

I’ve added 2 lines in my wp_config to use the hostname as the site URL. Doing so means that in Settings > General, the site URL is greyed out:

define(‘WP_SITEURL’, ‘http://’ . $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]);
define(‘WP_HOME’, ‘http://’ . $_SERVER[‘HTTP_HOST’]);

However, when I take a snapshot and move the site, the logo still points to the wrong instance.

I’ve currently setup a sandbox environment to find a solid solution.

http://alpha.imranmughal.com is my “prod” dummy.

and http://beta.imranmughal.com is my “dev” dummy.

When I take a snapshot of the site from alpha -> beta, the logo still points to alpha.

What’s the best way to address this problem, and user requirement?

Regards,

Imran.

[Christian]

Hey Imran,

X does not have hard coded elements. Regarding the logo, it just gets the URL from the database. That said, the issue is with your staging to production setup. You might have missed updating the URLs in production database to your production domain.

Here’s an article to setup a staging environment http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-create-staging-environment-for-a-wordpress-site/. Implementing this falls outside the scope of our support though. If you’re not comfortable doing the setup, please consider moving to a web host with staging to live feature.

Thanks.

[Imran Mughal]

Thanks. Much appreciated. Just looking at the workflow now to see if I might have missed something.

Cheers!

[Darshana]

Let us know if you need any further assistance.

Thanks!

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