In Mosaic, whitelisted domains let you activate Pro on development and staging sites without using a seat. Localhost and common dev/staging patterns are allowed, so you can work on dev and live at the same time.
Domain usage
Domain usage is when you install and activate your Smart Slider 3 Pro on your website’s domain. The domain usage includes the main domain (yourdomain.com) and subdomains (something.yourdomain.com) and folder installations (yourdomain.com/something) as well.
Domain usage handling
The way we are handling domain usage is we try to make sure that development domains and localhost domains aren’t counted. So we try to make sure that the development domain doesn’t take up any domain which means you can activate Mosaic at the development and live domain at the same time without having to do anything but activating the license.
Whitelisted domains
There are domain patterns that would mark your domain as a whitelisted domain, meaning they would not be counted for license usage.
Exact domain matches
If your development site’s domain matches any of the following, you get a free license on the site.
- accessdomain.com
- amazonaws.com
- apache
- azure.com
- azurewebsites.net
- beget.tech
- blacknighthosting.com
- closte.com
- cloudaccess.host
- cloudapp.net
- cloudwaysapp.com
- cloudwaysapps.com
- dev.cc
- dream.press
- elementor.cloud
- exolnet.com
- flywheelsites.com
- flywheelstaging.com
- gridserver.com
- initial-website.com
- instawp.xyz
- IP domains (e.g. 111.111.111.111)
- kinsta.cloud
- kinsta.com
- lndo.site
- local
- localhost
- mybluehost.me
- myftpupload.com
- myraidbox.de
- nazwa.pl
- netsons.org
- nxcli.io
- nxcli.net
- odns.fr
- online-home.us
- onyx-sites.io
- pairsite.com
- pantheonsite.io
- plesk.page
- preview-domain.com
- run.app
- server-he.de
- sg-host.com
- smarthost.pl
- stagingweb.net
- temp.domains
- testurl.ws
- updraftclone.com
- upress.link
- w3pcloud.com
- websozai.jp
- webspaceconfig.de
- wordpress
- wpengine.com
- wpmudev.host
- wpserveur.net
- wpstagecoach.com
- wptiger.fr
- your-server.de
- sgvps.net
- tempurl.host
- xsrv.jp
- hostingersite.com
Domains, which doesn’t contain any dot (like playground ) doesn’t count as domain usage either. So, playground gives a free activation, but playground.com or playground.net won’t, as these contain a dot.
In addition if your development domain ends with any of the domains above, you’re also eligible for a free license.
Examples:
Your development domain URL is samplesite.localhost. The domain here is localhost, which is on the list so you get a free activation.
Your development domain URL is samplesite.pantheonsite.io. The domain here is pantheonsite.io, which is on the list, so you get a free activation.
Your development domain URL is 132.312.123.132. The domain here is 132.312.123.132, which is an IP domain, so you get a free activation.
Your development domain URL is website.com.local. The domain here ends with local, which is on the list so you get a free activation.
Your development domain URL is learning. The domain doesn’t contain dot, so you get a free activation.
Development domain starts with
You can get free activation if your development domain starts with the following:
- dev-
- dev[number][anything].. (e.g. dev123-xy.example.com)
- dev[numbers]. (e.g. dev3.website.com)
- loc.
- local.
- localhost.
- site[numbers]. (e.g. site02.website.com)
- stage[numbers]. (e.g. stage25.example.com)
- staging[numbers]. (e.g. staging25.example.com)
- webdev.
Examples:
Your development domain URL is dev.example.com. The URL starts with dev. so you get a free activation.
Your development domain URL is stage27.example.com. The URL starts with stage[numbers]. so you get a free activation.
Development domain contains
You can get free activation, if your development domain contains any of the following:
- -develop.
- -development.
- -local.
- -staging.
- -test
- .[anything]dev. (e.g. client.sampledev.com)
- .apps.
- .loc
- .sites.
- clone[numbers].
- debug.
- demo[numbers].
- dev[numbers][anything].[anything]. (e.g. dev12site.client.com)
- dev.
- devel.
- devel[numbers].
- devsite
- intranet
- sandbox.
- stage.
- staging
- testsite
- wpengine
- alpha
- beta
- uat.
- test.. (e.g. xytestsite.maindomain.com, test123.xy.org, newtest.zzz.uk)
- tempurl.host
- sample.
Examples:
- Your development domain URL is example-development.com. The domain contains -development. so you get a free activation.
- Your development domain URL is mysite.wpengine.com. The domain contains wpengine so you get a free activation.
- Your development domain URL is site.mydev.com. The domain matches the .[anything]dev. pattern, so you get a free activation.
Development domain ends with
You can get a free activation, if your development domain ends with the following:
- -liquidwebsites.com
- .dev
- .docksal
- .loc
- .local
- .localdev
- .test
- -dev
Examples:
Your development domain URL is rv01-liquidwebsites.com. The domain ends with -liquidwebsites.com so you get a free activation.
Your development domain URL is mydomain.com.dev. The domain ends with .dev so you get a free activation.
Subdomains & subfolders
If you have activated Mosaic on one website, you are able to activate it on the subdomains of that website. Folder installations, like yourdomain.com/something, won’t be counted either.