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A simple technique for web app maintenance modes using Apache « Neutron Creations

Sometimes we need to take our web apps offline temporarily (usually for scheduled major updates or emergency repair work), whereby regular users are shown a simple static page notifying them that the site is unavailable but still giving developers/admins full access to the site to test changes. Of course you could implement this in your application, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could get your... moreSometimes we need to take our web apps offline temporarily (usually for scheduled major updates or emergency repair work), whereby regular users are shown a simple static page notifying them that the site is unavailable but still giving developers/admins full access to the site to test changes. Of course you could implement this in your application, but wouldn’t it be nice if you could get your web server to do it all for you? view page