By MarekP on

Hello,

I'm new to Drupal and new to its concept of unified front end and admin interface. All CMSs I've been using so far have separate administration. I used to have an admin opened in one browser window and the web site in another one, where I can test all changes. However this approach doesn't work in Drupal, because when I'm logged in as an admin, the web site looks and behaves different.

How do you develop and test web sites in the same time. Is there a simple solution?

Thank you,

Marek

⋅ Categories: Drupal 4.7.x

Comments

Alex Schenkman’s picture

Alex Schenkman commented

You could use two different browsers.
I use Safari, Firefox and Opera (on OS X).

There is also the masquerade module, which will allow you to masquerade as another user, but it didn't always work for me, so I prefer using different browsers.

chlobe’s picture

chlobe commented

for development as it allows you to view the site from specific user priveleges. You need to note however that when you have the site off-line and switch users via masquerade you may lock yourself out. There is a FAQ on how to access if this happens.