<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Jamie,<div><br></div><div>I'm not sure I understand your issue. I read it, and you talk about the "administer site configuration" option, but the one I mentioned below was "use the site in maintenance mode" permission. Doesn't that one do what you want?</div><div><br></div><div>Steve</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 29, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Jamie Holly <<a href="mailto:hovercrafter@earthlink.net">hovercrafter@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I wasn't the original OP :p<br>
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But this thread did shake the cobwebs off of an idea I had
floating around in my mind for a few years and kept forgetting to
open an issue about - creating a permission for "access offline
site" and either having Drupal check for just that or (even
better) check for that permission, or the administer site
configuration one. Very simple fix, to a problem that I feel is
nightmare at times from a usability stand point, especially when
we're trying to introduce clients to the world of Drupal.<br>
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Here's the issue:<br>
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<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.drupal.org/node/2330045">https://www.drupal.org/node/2330045</a><br>
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On 8/29/2014 4:01 PM, Shai Gluskin wrote:<br>
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Jamie,<br>
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I know you liked Steve's answer. But I thought I'd share one more
solution I have come to use recently and love.<br>
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This is a non-Drupal solution that requires an Apache server: use
.htpasswd and .htaccess to restrict access to the Drupal root
directory.<br>
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If you don't know how to do this, here is a simple tutorial:<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true" class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.addedbytes.com/blog/code/password-protect-a-directory-with-htaccess/">https://www.addedbytes.com/blog/code/password-protect-a-directory-with-htaccess/</a><br>
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It has the following advantages:<br>
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<li>The need is temporary; will you remember to remove "Access
site in maintenance mode" permission after site goes live?
Since the use of maintenance mode is different after the site
goes live than before, you may not want to have those folks
using the site in maintenance mode. In fact, you probably
won't want them to have that permission. With the .htpasswd
approach, you can't forget to turn it off because the public
can't see the site at all with .htpasswd turned on.</li>
<li>The Drupal warning messages about the site being on offline
mode can be annoying or even problematic. By problematic I
mean that the folks who are reviewing the site as part of a
final review can include people who are focusing on
layout/page design. The appearance of that site offline
message can make it harder for those checkers to evaluate
whether the graphic design is in place as necessary.</li>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 08/29/2014 03:11 PM, Drupal wrote:<br>
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That’s why am I talking about! :D
<div>I couldn’t see it nor anybody mentioned it when I was
goggling it…</div>
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<div>Thanks Steve!</div>
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<div>On Aug 29, 2014, at 1:56 PM, Steve Edwards <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:killshot91@gmail.com">killshot91@gmail.com</a>>
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<div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode:
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the editor role the <span style="background-color:
transparent;">"<span style="line-height:
20.0063037872314px; ">Use the site in maintenance
mode" permission.</span></span>
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<div>On Aug 29, 2014, at 11:46 AM, Drupal <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:drupal@afan.net">drupal@afan.net</a>>
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after-white-space;">That’s not what am I
talking about.
<div>I’m admin and I have access to the
website while in Maintenance mode. And
nobody else. I created an “editor” role for
a guy to final content checking and testing
and spelling fixes. How to give him the
access to the website?</div>
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<div>On Aug 29, 2014, at 1:41 PM, Nancy
Wichmann <<a moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:nan_wich@bellsouth.net">nan_wich@bellsouth.net</a>>
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font-size: 14pt;">They just need to
know to stick "/user" on the end of
the URL and they can log in as
normal.<br>
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<div class="y_msg_container">Hi,<br>
The site I’m working on is
pretty much done but I still
can’t make it public until
website editors do some
content changes and spelling
corrections. I don’t want to
give them the admin access
so I was wondering how to
make their role (editor)
bypass the maintenance mode
- without any changes in the
code or me writing a new
module. <br>
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