Re: Temporarily deactivating a website

The easiest way I can think of (assuming you are on a *nix server) would be
to put up a .htaccess file that redirects all page calls to this "out of
service" page.

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"AngryCloud" <webforumsuser (AT) macromedia (DOT) com> wrote

At some point or another, most people have tried accessing one of their
favorites websites only to get a message saying something like:
"Site is currently under maintenance and will be up again shortly. Please
try
again in a few minutes."
During this time no pages on the site seem to accessible.

I would like to do something like this with my own website. When I am
performing some sort of modification or maintenance routine, I want all
files
to be inaccessible (especially those that access the database) and users
should
be presented with a message telling them the site will be back up shortly.

How can I make this work?