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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">You're right. I totally forgot it was
added in D7, which is why I probably never opened the issue. The
minds going in my old age!<br>
<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jamie Holly
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On 8/29/2014 4:47 PM, Steve Edwards wrote:<br>
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Jamie,
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<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>
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<div>On Aug 29, 2014, at 1:36 PM, Jamie Holly <<a
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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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<pre class="moz-signature" cols="72">Jamie Holly
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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>
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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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<p>Shai<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
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<div style="word-wrap: break-word;
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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"
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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
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roman', 'new york', times,
serif; 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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