Suite Questions about installing a test site and future steps to "Go Live"

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If this has been asked and answered* I apologize* but I'm new to VB and am confused.

Currently I have a normal* html-based website that links to a VB forum (3.8.4). I purchased the VB4 suite because of the new CMS. If I can get things formatted the way I want* my plan is to use the CMS to replace my existing website and obviously upgrade the forum to 4.0 as well.

I would like to install a test site* so I can learn the CMS and work through the formatting issues for the "website". Later* when I'm comfortable with the CMS* I would like to "go live" and replace my existing website.


Is there any step-by-step documentation for this process? I don't want to mess up the current website or forum* but by the same token* once I'm happy with the CMS* I don't want to have to "re-do" a lot of work to go live.

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance.
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