[thelist] TESTING/DEVELOPMENT: how to make/manage test-subsite.main-production-site.com in iis5

[Chris W. Parker]

hi.

i hope my subject line wasn't too confusing.

what i have now is www.main-production-site.com , and i want to create
test.main-production-site.com. in fact it doesn't even have to be
accessible through a domain name, i can just access it through IP
address.

but that's not the important part. the important part is making a mirror
of the current site to a different site in iis5, then being able to
publish the test site to the production site once it's deemed that the
test version of the site is at production level.

did i make any sense?

so, how can i create a mirror of the production site? i.e. what's the
easiest way?

chris.