# Website Environments CMS development and hosting have been accomplished using a number of environments hosted by **Vardot**. Below is a table outlining all of the environments used during development and testing of the website, along with a description of their purpose. ### **Development:** Developers write and test code in the development environment. It contains debugging tools and may not mimic the production setup. ### **Staging Site:** This is a demo environment to stage content edits and review new features before launching them to the public site. ### **Production:** This is the final live version of the website where all content edits should take place. This server is optimized for performance and the site is indexed by the search engines. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.varbase.vardot.com/10.1.x/content-designers/accessing-the-administration-area/website-environments.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.