[support] How to lock the website while moving website?

[Ryan LeTulle]

that's what I would do

Ryan LeTulle, Web Developer

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On Sat, Jan 15, 2011 at 9:48 AM, Afan Pasalic <afan at afan.net> wrote:

>  One more thing. I have few not used domains. Would it be better/easier
> to install Drupal version of existing website on not-used domain, on the
> same server, same hosting company, same account, and them "switch" mysql
> and "sites"?
> I'm assuming it could be less work and faster then upgrading from local
> machine?
>
> Afan
>
>
> On 1/15/2011 9:44 AM, Afan Pasalic wrote:
> >  Hi,
> > the website on my local machine is done and ready to be moved to
> > online server. After reading other people's
> > questions/answers/posts/comments/opinions - I think it shouldn't be a
> > big deal. Though since I'm doing it for very first time I expect some
> > "sudden" issues. Even the website doesn't have a lot of traffic, I
> > would like to avoid messages visitor can get, like "Page not found" or
> > something. And because of website owner too - he's not going to like
> > the message for a couple of hours, or even more.
> >
> > Right now old website is visible (live) and to replace it with new one
> > I have to remove it.
> > Now, my question is: How do I make "The site is temporarily down for
> > upgrades" message on screen WHILE upgrading the website?
> > Is it possible to create a file, something like
> > "under_maintenance.html",  with the message in it, and redirect all
> > visitors to that page using .htaccess? But it shouldn't compromise
> > installing Drupal, moving stuff round etc.?
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