Testing a multi-site Craft CMS project without a custom domain

[jamesmacwhite]

Is it possible to test a multi-site Craft CMS project hosted on Craft Cloud without adding a custom domain for initial testing?

[timkelty]

Yes, but not multi-domain, as you currently only get one preview domain.
So, you could set up multi-site with path-based base URLs:

• https://my-site-0123abc.preview.craft.cloud/en
• https://my-site-0123abc.preview.craft.cloud/fr

As long as you're properly linking to things using url functions in your templates, when you're ready for domains, you can simply switch over the base URLs to be domain-based.

There is an open request multiple preview domains here, which would allow you to test multi-site using preview domains.

[jamesmacwhite]

Thanks for this, it is what I thought due to the single preview domain, you can't have another temporary domain that is separate currently.

For multi-site specifically I would add my name to the request around allowing for multiple temporary/preview names, because of this scenario.