Licensing question

[compositor]

If I want to develop on Localhost and via a Public IP, do I need to have a developer license or would I be approved for at least a local and public domain?

I am used to using Perch where you can nominate Production, Staging and Development domains and it works very well; it's monitored against gaming and is a very modern approach so I was hoping Blesta would be similar in that regard.

[Michael]

You can use a normal license for the localhost as long as you have a hostname for the localhost IP else it won't work since localhost is taken.

[compositor]

Thanks again for responding to my question.

So do you mean I can use a monthly or lifetime license with something like examplehost.local as well as examplehost.com?

[Blesta Addons]

1 hour ago, compositor said:

Thanks again for responding to my question.

So do you mean I can use a monthly or lifetime license with something like examplehost.local as well as examplehost.com?

i don't think, as they are two domains deferent .

[compositor]

31 minutes ago, Blesta Addons said:

i don't think, as they are two domains deferent .

I'm under the impression that to develop locally I'd need a developer license, which may or may not be available with a lifetime license.

I know Blesta is not a CMS but my intention is to build a site around it and while I'm happy to pay a monthly charge, having the luxury of being able to develop locally would save me alot of money in the medium term at least since I'd not have many (or any) customers to begin with.

Of course this could all be subjective as a lifetime license is just that and I am open to obtaining one as an investment but having to work remotely all the time is not my idea of flexibility.

I was hoping to be able to do this with WHMCS but alas, the assumptions made by those in charge of that platform were enough to turn me off even before a trial and then hearing how just about every file is encrypted really killed it before I even felt any level of trust.

I don't want to make what I see as the mistake of focussing on customers in the short term, when there are many other things to be concerned with such as Media Queries for CSS which as you may know take a great deal of time to develop not to mention intergrating with an existing CMS on the server side, and while it may not be the suggested approach; it is nonethless what I wish to do.

[Blesta Addons]

you can use :

Blesta  + Core CMS + Admin Tools , Free plugins .

Blesta  + blesta CMS , is a paid plugin from licensecart

and you will have all thing grouped in one place , rather than using blesta + something else .