QA finding
A page links to or loads from a staging or preview host
QA Warning Severity: Medium
Part of the audit Leftovers that shipped with the site. Finding id: qa.stagingHostLinked.
What it costs you
Visitors land on a site that is not finished, or that is taken down without warning, and files loaded from it stop working when it goes. A staging host can also hold data or features that are not public yet, and search engines find it through these links.
What to do
Point the links and files at the live site, and put the staging host behind a password.
What it checks
- Links to a test or preview site