How to implement “Maintenance Mode” on already established website

Question

I have built a website (PHP) with more than 60 pages. I have only now realized (unfortunately) that I should have built in an \"In Maintenance Mode\" feature to allow an adm

Answer 1

I know this is an old question but I am adding this for future searchers who come across this page via searching.

I use a PHP redirect.

At the top of every page add the following lines:

And in your config.php file just make a variable like so

$maintenance = 0; // turns maintenance mode off

When you want your site to be in maintenance mode just change the "0" to a "1". This will redirect all your site visitors to a maintenance page.

I typed that code pretty fast without testing it but it should work.