Best Practices for Building Trial Sites and Backing Up Data

Now that you’ve taken a tour of the entire Business Catalyst system, you’ve seen how you can build and deploy powerful site features without coding. You’ve also learned how the data gathered online is stored in the database and can be easily accessed using the Admin Console.

As you build your client’s sites, you may find it helpful to keep extending the expiration date of the existing trial site you’ve been building as you followed along with these chapters. Turn it into a Frankensite: a sandbox site for testing new features. That way, you can continue experimenting without adding unnecessary data or features to your client’s sites.