JustinS Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 How do you make it so nobody can go to your site? Have a site in construction and I want to take it down. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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MrPhil Posted September 14, 2012 Share Posted September 14, 2012 You could also put the site under .htaccess password protection, so you would need an ID and password (which only you would have) to access the store. The upside to this is that it doesn't involve modifying your store, protects against deep links directly to product pages, and it is guaranteed to work while you're messing with the store code. The downside to this is that it may not tell your customers what's going on, and when to come back to use the store again (you may be able to insert a prompt message). If your store is in /catalog rather than /, with a URL rewrite (.htaccess) to take visitors to your store, you could add an index.html file with a "temporarily closed" message (in addition to the password protection). Or, if you have a landing page with a link to your store, you could just disable the link (in addition to the password protection). If you made the mistake of installing your store into /, password protecting it would also prevent access to index.html, so you're not able to have a message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustinS Posted September 16, 2012 Author Share Posted September 16, 2012 @@MrPhil How would I put the front end under .htaccess password protection? I think that is the route I'm interested in going. Thank you for the help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
multimixer Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 Here is a similar topic My community profile | Template system for osCommerce - New: Responsive | Feedback channel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrPhil Posted September 17, 2012 Share Posted September 17, 2012 It would be set up/removed via your hosting control panel. It would be "password protect directories" or something similar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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