Staging Site (safety net for all future work)

Every risky change on communitynewspapers.com right now happens directly on production, at night, with backups as the only safety net. A staging site is what makes every future upgrade cheaper, safer, and testable BEFORE it touches the live papers. Eddy called this 'the most important line' in the scope-triage notes — quote it first regardless of which build path wins later.