Digital content operation testing

A method implemented by a processing device, the method comprising:

• editing, by the processing device, digital content via a user interface as part of an authoring environment, the digital content being a webpage;
• transmitting, by the processing device, the edited digital content via a network to a test environment of a content delivery network, the test environment of the content delivery network being inaccessible via public search engine;
• initiating, by the processing device, a testing utility to test operation of the edited digital content within the test environment at the content delivery network;
• receiving, by the processing device, data via the network describing a result of the test;
• displaying, by the processing device, the data within the user interface as part of the authoring environment;
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• transmitting the edited digital content to a publish environment of the content delivery network, the content delivery network making the publish environment accessible via public search engine.