How to temporarily take down a website?

azw · 2009-01-01 01:49:33

I need to take down a TXP site for a few weeks. It will go back up again (exactly like it was) after that period. In the meantime, I can only show one simple page.

I’m thinking the easiest way to do that would be to use .htaccess to redirect all page requests to that simple page. Does that make sense?

RewriteEngine on
# optionally exclude my own IP from being redirected
# RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^123\.45\.67\.89
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/temporary-message\.html$
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /temporary-message.html [R=503,L]

Last edited by azw (2009-01-01 01:50:36)

els · 2009-01-01 01:53:55

By far the easiest way is rvm_maintenance :)

azw · 2009-01-01 01:55:24

Whew, you’re fast, Els!

Thanks for taking care of that other post.

I’ll take a look at the plug in. That could be easy.

jstubbs · 2009-01-01 09:35:13

There are 3 maintenance plugins – personally I use cbs_maintenance_mode, which is a modified version of rvm_maintenance.

azw · 2009-01-01 19:19:51

Thanks for the tip, JStubbs!

keith · 2009-01-02 00:15:59

azw wrote:

Thanks for the tip, JStubbs!

..and Els*.

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#1 2009-01-01 01:49:33

How to temporarily take down a website?

#2 2009-01-01 01:53:55

Re: How to temporarily take down a website?

#3 2009-01-01 01:55:24

Re: How to temporarily take down a website?

#4 2009-01-01 09:35:13

Re: How to temporarily take down a website?

#5 2009-01-01 19:19:51

Re: How to temporarily take down a website?

#6 2009-01-02 00:15:59

Re: How to temporarily take down a website?

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