Imported From: http://groups.google.com/group/in-portal-dev/browse_thread/thread/6ac2aa1ca9096712#
Hi Alex, Phil
For quite some time we have talked (especially with Alex) about
having Website Maintenance Mode.
At some point we have already created the task for this in In-Portal 5.2.0,
but looks like there is NO discussion yet + some of the ideas needs to be
finalized here before implementing.
Please review my description of the task and let me know if any
notes/issue. ANY feedback is welcome:
*I. Enabling "Maintenance Mode"*
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Add 2 new options to "debug.php" file at the top
MAINTENANCE_MODE - 1 - similar to DBG ON/OFF settings
MAINTENANCE_MODE_IPS - will list IPs or hosts the same way DBG works
separating with semi-colon
*II. Managing "Maintenance Mode Messages"*
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1. NEW "Maintenance Mode" section under Admin->Configuration->Advanced.
Will have options:
a. Front-End message (textarea, from from here to be put in to Template and
shown when Maintenance mode is ON or there is NO DBG connection)
b. Admin message (textarea, from from here to be put in to Template and
shown when Maintenance mode is ON or there is NO DBG connection Admin Login
screen).
*III. Front End behavior:*
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1. END all Existing Sessions and LOGOUT users.
2. AUTO-REDIRECT all New and Existing Users to special Page (generated from
the Template) stating that site is in "Maintenance Mode" and displays
System Message (defined via Site Configuration in Admin)
3. EXCEPTIONS are IPs specified in Admin Config settings (see above)
4. ALWAYS auto-redirect to this generated Front-end page if there is NO DB
Connection (for some reason) even if my IP is in list
of MAINTENANCE_MODE_IPS.
*IV. Admin behavior:*
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1. END all Existing Sessions and LOGOUT users.
2. AUTO-REDIRECT to special Admin Page (generated from the Template)
stating that site is in "Maintenance Mode" and displays System Message
(defined via Site Configuration in Admin)
3. EXCEPTIONS are IPs specified in Admin Config settings (see above)
4. ALWAYS auto-redirect to this generated Admin page if there is NO DB
Connection (for some reason) even if my IP is in list
of MAINTENANCE_MODE_IPS.
Here is the original task (OLD description there yet):
*65: Add "Maintenance Mode" option for website* -
INP-53 - Getting issue details... STATUS
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DA