hi everyone,
I'm building a few sites with SS 2.2.3 right now and know in the future my clients will want to upgrade to version 2.3 when there is a true release version out. because SS uses an .htaccess file, what is the best way to re-route traffic to a ' temporary maintenance' page but still do maintenance (i.e. delete & upload new saphire code, make sure live SS doesnt have any problems, etc...), so the user doesnt hit a 500 error, the site still appears pleasant and error free, and i can do what i need to do to upgrade? i tried a cp redirect, but it looks like .htaccess overrides that...

thanks alot.
-Chris

That's great. i tested and it works well. is there any way to add a condition so that it still allows access to the CMS, lets me run db/build, and lets me check things on a draft site before i remove the maintenance rules?

thanks again,
i really appreciate your advice,
-Chris

that's perfect. thanks alot. i tested on localhost, and for some reason it didnt work, but as long as it works on the live site (which i'll be testing), that's perfect!

thanks again,
great job with the CMS. I really enjoy working with it.
-Chris