how do i stop people accessing my website?

Van Hellseek · 15 Sep 2006 at 17:30

i'm going to be doing some pretty major upgrades and maintenence to my site soon, and i don't want people messing around with stuff until it's all finished.

so how do i stop people accessing the site, but still be able to acess as usual myself?

ideally i'd like to re-direct visitors to a temporary html/php file, which explains the situation.

toastyman · 15 Sep 2006 at 17:35

seek said:
i'm going to be doing some pretty major upgrades and maintenence to my site soon, and i don't want people messing around with stuff until it's all finished.

so how do i stop people accessing the site, but still be able to acess as usual myself?

ideally i'd like to re-direct visitors to a temporary html/php file, which explains the situation.

Redirect in the .htaccess file?

To catch all traffic:

Redirect 301 / /construction.php

To catch only index.php traffic:

Redirect 301 /index.php /construction.php

toString · 15 Sep 2006 at 17:37

Do your dev work on a subfolder/domain? That way no one will know.
Otherwise put index.html with upgrade info. Providing you're using index.php yourself...

iCraig · 15 Sep 2006 at 17:43

I usually have a development sub domain.

E.g. http://dev.website.com

That way visitors can continue to use the site as you work away in the background, and when you're done, flick the upgraded version over onto the main web directory in one seamless upgrade.

Van Hellseek · 15 Sep 2006 at 17:48

iCraig said:
I usually have a development sub domain.

E.g. http://dev.website.com

That way visitors can continue to use the site as you work away in the background, and when you're done, flick the upgraded version over onto the main web directory in one seamless upgrade.

well i'm changing my site from a simple html site to a CMS based site, becasue i'm sick of everything taking forever to edit/update.

i'm not sure it's possible to do it in a sub domain?

toString · 15 Sep 2006 at 17:50

Course it's possible

The quicker solution would be a subfolder, just make your links relative, that way they work where-ever you place the site.
www.xxx.com/dev/

Adz · 16 Sep 2006 at 00:03

You don't even really need to re-upload the site when you're done either, just get your host to move the files (it's a 2 second operation).

Sic · 16 Sep 2006 at 10:28

i do everything locally first, and upload it when i'm done. that way there's no chance that anyone can see/use it until it's done.

Van Hellseek · 16 Sep 2006 at 13:30

Adz said:
You don't even really need to re-upload the site when you're done either, just get your host to move the files (it's a 2 second operation).

well the problem is that the cms doesnt work unless you have the structure...

/forum
/portal
index.php

and the forum is already installed and active, so i can't really set the cms up in another folder because it wont work.

iCraig · 16 Sep 2006 at 16:20

Sic said:
i do everything locally first, and upload it when i'm done. that way there's no chance that anyone can see/use it until it's done.

That's what you think.

I am an 11 year old hacker and have your IP address, therefore I have access to your computer and can see all your files.