Launch and Manage a Hosted Site

Outcome

You will know where to start when launching a hosted site and how to think about its normal operating lifecycle inside TMXIO.

Prerequisites

• The site is intended to be hosted by TMXIO.
• You can access the site in the correct workspace.

What Launch Usually Includes

A hosted launch is rarely a single event. It is a short sequence of confirmations that the site exists in the right place, points at the right domain, and serves traffic from the environment you expect.

• Creating or receiving the hosted site in TMXIO
• Confirming the right environment exists for the work you are about to do
• Planning domains and DNS changes
• Reviewing deployment timing and rollback expectations

Day-to-Day Operations

Most hosted-site work falls into one of four categories. Identifying which category your task belongs to is the fastest way to find the right doc and avoid touching the wrong setting.

Content and application changes

Theme, plugin, and content updates that need a deployment plan. Validate in staging when practical, then promote to production. See Domains and Deployments.

Environment coordination

Keeping staging and production in sync, refreshing staging from production, or scheduling a change window. The environment label on every screen is your guide.

Domain and DNS changes

Adding a new domain, switching the primary domain, or moving DNS to a new provider. Plan for propagation lag and verify resolution after every change.

Platform settings

Security hardening, caching behavior, image handling, and mail. These are runtime controls that change how the site behaves rather than what it contains.

Most common first task

For most new hosted sites, the first task is pointing a domain at the site and confirming that staging and production are clearly distinguishable. Start with Domains and Deployments before touching security or caching.

What Success Looks Like

• The site is visible in TMXIO in the correct workspace.
• You know which environment is safe to work in.
• You know whether the next job belongs to deployment, domain, or platform settings work.

What To Do Next

• Use Domains and Deployments for go-live planning.
• Use Security Settings for hosted WordPress hardening.
• Use Performance and Caching or Mail and SMTP when changing runtime behavior.