Re: [support] Testing custom maintenance page without putting the site off-line (D6)

On 3/5/2012 6:59 PM, Ken Robinson wrote:

At 05:57 PM 3/5/2012, Steve wrote:

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Use htaccess and you won't affect the rest of your users

Ken Robinsonkenrbnsn@rbnsn.com wrote:

Is there any way to test a D6 custom maintenance page without putting the site into maintenance mode?

That answer doesn't mean a whole lot by itself. Care to explain your answer better?

Ken

create a custom mx page then create an htaccess file (or edit your existing one to state the following

assuming that the ip on your machine (not the server) is 1.2.3.4 RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^1.2.3.4$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ [url.to.custom.mx.page] [L]