cdmon’s Test Platform: develop and test your website without risks or costs

Do you want to start creating your website, shaping an idea, or experimenting with a new digital project… but you still don’t know where to start?
At cdmon, we know that the first steps can generate many doubts: should I hire hosting from the beginning? What if it’s not the right CMS? Can I test without breaking anything? What happens if I change my mind later?

That’s why we created the cdmon Test Platform, a real, functional, and free environment that allows you to develop and test your website without hiring anything and without risks.
A space designed so you can test, correct, experiment, and learn before making the leap to definitive hosting.

Ideal for:

• Developers who need a clean environment.
• Designers and agencies who want to show progress to clients.
• Students who are learning to create their first website.
• Users who wish to validate ideas without commitment.

In other words, it’s your web laboratory, free and without limitations.

What is a web testing environment?

A web testing environment is a space where you can develop, experiment, or modify a website without affecting the public or final version. It’s a safe place to make mistakes, test new features, or validate ideas before taking the final step. It’s perfect for:

• Validating a CMS
• Testing plugins, templates, or integrations
• Creating prototypes for clients
• Starting a project from scratch without commitments

Its goal is to allow you to work without risks, whether creating a project from scratch, evaluating a CMS, or testing technical configurations.

Within cdmon, there are two types of testing environments, designed for different needs:

• The Test Platform, a temporary and free environment designed to test, learn, and experiment before hiring.
• The Staging, an advanced parallel environment, linked to a real website and designed for professional development workflows.

Although both serve to test and make changes without risks, they are not the same.

Test Platform vs Staging

The Test Platform is ideal when:

• You start a website from scratch.
• You don’t want to hire a domain or plan yet.
• You want to try WordPress, Joomla, or PrestaShop without commitment.
• You need a clean and temporary environment to experiment or make prototypes.

On the other hand, Staging is designed for:

• Websites that are already in production.
• Making advanced changes without affecting your users.
• Synchronizing or replicating content between versions.
• Teams that need professional development workflows.

In summary:

• Test Platform = start, test, experiment before hiring.
• Staging = develop, correct, and publish changes on an existing website.

Differences between testing environment and production hosting

In summary: the Test Platform gives you the freedom to create and experiment, while Staging is designed for real websites that require a secure and synchronized workflow.

How cdmon‘s Test Platform works

cdmon‘s Test Platform replicates a real hosting environment: you have web space, database, FTP access, temporary subdomain, and compatibility with PHP and the most used CMS.

Quick activation in one click

Setting up your platform is very simple:

1. Register at cdmon: https://admin.cdmon.com/en/access
2. Go to Hosting → Activate Test Platform.
3. Fill in your name and your project’s name.
4. In seconds, you will receive your access to the environment.

That’s it. No payments, no prerequisites, and no need to hire a domain.

Duration and available extensions

The Test Platform operates for a temporary period of 90 days, enough to build a prototype, run tests, or prepare your project.
If you need more time, you can request an extension from your panel.

Integration with popular CMS (WordPress, Joomla, PrestaShop)

The platform includes the 1-click CMS installer, compatible with:

• WordPress
• Joomla
• PrestaShop

You can also manually install any other CMS or upload your files via FTP.

Benefits of using the Test Platform

Security and protection against errors

You can break, delete, reinstall, reconfigure… and start from scratch as many times as you want.
Nothing affects a final website because it doesn’t exist yet.
It’s a risk-free space, designed to learn and experiment.

Technical tests without affecting clients or users

If you are a designer, programmer, or agency, you can:

• Show progress to your clients.
• Test designs before moving them to production.
• Adjust complex modules, templates, or functionalities.

All in a clean and private environment. Ideal for layout designers, programmers, or agencies that need to show progress to clients.

Version control and backups

You can create backups and restore them at any time.
This allows you to move forward with peace of mind, even if you are testing unstable plugins or scripts.

Compatibility and performance testing

Test functionalities, updates, or new integrations without risk. The platform allows you to check:

• Loading speed
• Image optimization
• Cache operation
• Performance with different PHP versions
• External integrations or APIs

Testing all this before launch improves the stability of your project.

Development without economic commitment

Many users need to start building without hiring a domain or plan yet. The Test Platform removes that barrier:

• You don’t need to pay anything until you decide
• No advertising
• No restrictions
• You don’t have to buy a domain

Start building your site without needing to hire a domain or a hosting plan.

cdmon makes it easy for you from the first minute:

Best practices when using a testing environment

Keep content synchronized

If you already have an active website and are going to work on a redesign, make sure to replicate production data frequently to avoid differences between both versions.

Test CMS and PHP updates in staging

Never update directly in production.
First, test in the testing environment:

1. Update the CMS
2. Update plugins
3. Change PHP
4. Check compatibility
5. Repeat on the real website safely

Optimization and load testing

Take advantage of the environment to:

• Minimize scripts
• Clean the database
• Test cache systems
• Analyze loading times

This will allow you to reach production with an optimized website from day one.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Conclusion

At cdmon, we believe that you should be able to test before paying.
The Test Platform allows you to start your project today, with total freedom, without risks, and without commitments.

It’s a real, free, and functional environment where you can validate ideas, perform technical tests, create prototypes, or simply learn to build a website from scratch.

If you’re ready to take the next step, your project already has a place to start growing.

👉 Activate your Test Platform at cdmon and start developing without risks.