hi, i haven't installed dnn yet.  i was wondering if it comes with some type of dev environment?  if not, what are other solutions for this?  thanks.

thanks for the reply chris.  maybe i'm not speaking the correct 'lingo.'  sorry if that's the case.  i'm looking for a 'test' environment that my clients can preview before the site goes live.  however, i would like it to be viewable online.  usually, i would create a 'dev' folder on the root and put all my working files in that.  once they approve the design, i move everything to the root.  is there such a way to do this in dnn?

if you need a staging installation of the final site, you need to create a second installation, e.g. "Stage.mydomain.com" on the same server and you will be able to easily switch between both installation (if there is no user content to maintain). If you need a demo portal to present your own modules and skins, a test installation with multiple child portals on your own site may be sufficient.