Add 'Host Entry' and 'Virtual Hosts' for development environment

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Windows
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Step 1 -  Open following location in your file browser 
Step 2 -  Open 'hosts' file (As administrator)
Step 3 -  Add this line in bootom of the file
Step 4 -  If you want that YOUR DOMAIN points your local directory than, add
          127.0.0.1 YOUR-WEBSITE.COM              # Replace 'YOUR-WEBSITE.COM' with your actual domain name
          # Above '127.0.0.1' is your local IP (Localhost) address
          
          OR
          
          If you want that YOUR DOMAIN points new IP than, add
          12.345.678.90 YOUR-WEBSITE.COM              # Replace 'YOUR-WEBSITE.COM' with your actual domain name
          # Above '12.345.678.90' is the new IP address where your website is hosted
          
Step 5 -  Open 'httpd-vhosts.conf' file in your system
Step 6 -  Navigate to directory - 'DRIVE:\XAMPP\apache\conf\extra'
Step 7 -  Open 'httpd-vhosts.conf' file in editor (As administrator)
Step 8 -  Add these lines of code in bottom of the file.

          <VirtualHost YOUR-WEBSITE.COM:80>                       # Replace 'YOUR-WEBSITE.COM' with your actual domain name
              DocumentRoot "E:\Server\htdocs\wp\YOUR-WEBSITE.COM" # Absolute path of your website local directory
              ServerName YOUR-WEBSITE.COM                         # Domain name which you want to host
          </VirtualHost>