I'm using the administrator secret URL parameter, as in https://example.com/administrator/index.php?test
I set up a subdomain that points to a folder (outside of my joomla website folder): sandbox.example.com
I copied an Akeeba backup file to this subdomain folder and ran a restore...into a new database of course. Worked fine.
Can I simply tack on the subdomain to my usual backend url and that will work, as in
https://sandbox.example.com/administrator/index.php?test
Before getting into the backend of the subdomain, do I need to make changes to the configuration or htaccess files?
Something is not working, and before digging into it, I'm trying to understand how it's supposed to work.
Thank you for the feedback and guidance.