So, I’m working on my client’s website and we have some forms. I’ve read that you can’t test the forms until you’ve publish the site and it’s live. So, you can’t REALLY test them locally. Is there a way to test the forms successfully without going live? Obviously, we just don’t want viewers to see the website yet.
Otherwise, we will have to put a warning on the site to not use the forms yet. Appreciate the help!
there are various tools that can help, or you can put everything you need for testing into a folder on the server protected by .htaccess. I would always test on the live site.
I’d say it depends how much testing you want to do and what is on the page besides the form. If just the form, then take the page out of the menu system and test it live, but unseen by the public.
If you want to setup a local environment for testing.
MAMP Pro is pretty good. I used it for many years. (although I don’t anymore, it’s still good though)
Or probably a more advanced approach.
Homebrew + PHP local server via terminal. Do it all on your Mac without purchasing anything, and run it from your export folder. But who likes terminal 
A good local workflow avoids the need to upload to a web host for testing.
Let me try this out! How do I download it?
Haha! I’m kinda looking for a simple approach. Honestly, I don’t understand the GitHub/MAMP jargon, haha!
So, my client uses Gmail to receive the responses. Do you think the forms on Blocs will be easy to set up and connect to their Gmail?
Herd Pro has a nice setup for testing mail locally, it’s a modern approach to MAMP. But Herd Pro costs $99 a year or defaults back to the free features. Pretty nice though if you build sites for others.
Cool. I’ll check it out! Thanks!