Normally when we create a site in ss, we create a temp sub directory to install and create the site, and move it to root when it goes live.

We have a large site (and highly publicised in our region) going live on Sunday, and wish to move the site to root now for final testing, but retain a temp home page (index.html) until we remove it. I cannot figure out what to add to the top of the ss stuff in the .htaccess file to achieve this.

Appreciate some help if anyone has done this successfully

cheers
Peter

This is the code I use when upgrading a site, you can probably adapt this for you use. Change the 888 to your IP address (this allows you to make changes)

RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/maintenance.html$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^888\.888\.888\.888

RewriteRule $ /maintenance.html [R=302,L] 

perfect - thank you Will

can other ip addresses be added too? - if so, what would used

RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^888\.888\.888\.888
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^888\.888\.888\.887

?
or something different from that
tks
Peter

Pretty sure that will work :)

tks again

cheers
Peter