TownSites is split into multiple environments, which communicate with each other via Git. Our Github account ensures everything stays in sync throughout the development process.

• The Production Environment is where customers and staff interact with TownSites. It pulls its code from the main branch, which is not edited directly.
  • Primary URL: townsites.org
  • Example of an individual TownSite URL: northville.townsites.org
• The Staging Environment is where testing occurs before deploying to Production. It pulls its code from the dev branch.
  • Primary URL: staging.townsites.dev
  • Example of an individual TownSite URL: staging.townsites.dev/northville
• Developer Environments are clones of the staging environment, hosted on the same server. There is one Developer Environment per developer. These environments also pull their code from the dev branch.
  • Primary URL: devXX.townsites.dev
  • Example of an individual TownSite URL: devXX.townsites.dev/northville

Note how the URL uses subdomains in Production and subdirectories in development environments. This is intentional and code should work correctly regardless of file structure. The function get_host_info(), available in all PHP scripts, returns information about the current environment.