Comments on: How To Create A ‘Maintenance’ Holding Page When Upgrading Your WordPress Blog http://maketecheasier.com/create-a-maintenance-holding-page-when-upgrading-wordpress/2008/12/12 Uncomplicating the complicated, making life easier Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:01:31 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Kjetil http://maketecheasier.com/create-a-maintenance-holding-page-when-upgrading-wordpress/2008/12/12/comment-page-1#comment-10290 Kjetil Sat, 12 Sep 2009 17:57:32 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1540#comment-10290 You were quite right! - so thanks a lot I've never been aware that there are two ways to write a quote mark: " The curly ones from the bad pasting made the problem. Just one thing to add in: If your site lives in its own folder, eg /blogg should be added like this: Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !blogg/maintenance.php$ RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^62.16.191.18 RewriteRule $ /blogg/maintenance.php [R=302,L] ...and with some styling work (eg using Dreamweaver) it even looks nice. Works like a charm! Kjetil PS Grabbing Damien's page doesn't work, but just reinsert all " (quotes) and you're on the right track You were quite right! – so thanks a lot
I’ve never been aware that there are two ways to write a quote mark:
”
The curly ones from the bad pasting made the problem.
Just one thing to add in: If your site lives in its own folder, eg /blogg should be added like this:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !blogg/maintenance.php$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^62.16.191.18
RewriteRule $ /blogg/maintenance.php [R=302,L]
…and with some styling work (eg using Dreamweaver) it even looks nice.
Works like a charm!
Kjetil
PS Grabbing Damien’s page doesn’t work, but just reinsert all ” (quotes) and you’re on the right track

]]> By: samnob http://maketecheasier.com/create-a-maintenance-holding-page-when-upgrading-wordpress/2008/12/12/comment-page-1#comment-10159 samnob Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:48:53 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1540#comment-10159 I had a similar problem, it turned out that the double quotes in the above code block were not cutting and pasting well. (not sure why) I replaced the characters by hand and it worked fine, but it would probably be easier to grab Damien's working page from: http://maketecheasier.com/maintenance.php I had a similar problem, it turned out that the double quotes in the above code block were not cutting and pasting well. (not sure why)

I replaced the characters by hand and it worked fine, but it would probably be easier to grab Damien’s working page from:
http://maketecheasier.com/maintenance.php

]]> By: Kjetil http://maketecheasier.com/create-a-maintenance-holding-page-when-upgrading-wordpress/2008/12/12/comment-page-1#comment-9846 Kjetil Sun, 30 Aug 2009 19:09:59 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1540#comment-9846 Hm - sorry for all these questions, but maybe others have the same problems. Now, in the maintenance.php I've just replaced the mysite stuff and uploaded it to the site's root. And - to the start of the .htaccess file I've added: Options +FollowSymlinks RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/maintenance.php$ RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^62.16.191.158 RewriteRule $ /maintenance.php [R=302,L] but the result to others (and me if I open dolcevita.no/maintenance.php) is Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER in /home/2/d/dolcevita/www/maintenance.php on line 2 (I also tried to enter the IP address as you had, like 62\.16\.191\.158 - but of course that won't work.) Some obvious mistake? Thanks, Kjetil Hm – sorry for all these questions, but maybe others have the same problems.
Now, in the maintenance.php I’ve just replaced the mysite stuff and uploaded it to the site’s root.
And – to the start of the .htaccess file I’ve added:
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/maintenance.php$
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_HOST} !^62.16.191.158
RewriteRule $ /maintenance.php [R=302,L]
but the result to others (and me if I open dolcevita.no/maintenance.php) is
Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_LNUMBER in /home/2/d/dolcevita/www/maintenance.php on line 2
(I also tried to enter the IP address as you had, like 62\.16\.191\.158 – but of course that won’t work.)
Some obvious mistake?
Thanks,
Kjetil

]]> By: Kjetil http://maketecheasier.com/create-a-maintenance-holding-page-when-upgrading-wordpress/2008/12/12/comment-page-1#comment-9825 Kjetil Sun, 30 Aug 2009 08:57:11 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1540#comment-9825 Thanks, It just seemed wrong, with totally different numbers than I expected. Ready to upgrade. They say things have happened with WP since 2.6. Cheers Thanks,
It just seemed wrong, with totally different numbers than I expected.
Ready to upgrade. They say things have happened with WP since 2.6.
Cheers

]]> By: Damien http://maketecheasier.com/create-a-maintenance-holding-page-when-upgrading-wordpress/2008/12/12/comment-page-1#comment-9811 Damien Sun, 30 Aug 2009 00:37:27 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1540#comment-9811 When you go to whatismyip.com, you will see your ip at the top of the screen automatically. When you go to whatismyip.com, you will see your ip at the top of the screen automatically.

]]> By: Kjetil http://maketecheasier.com/create-a-maintenance-holding-page-when-upgrading-wordpress/2008/12/12/comment-page-1#comment-9786 Kjetil Sat, 29 Aug 2009 10:18:52 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1540#comment-9786 Great idea - facing a major upgrade process this would be very useful. BUT: Where do I go on whatismyip.com to detect my network's IP address? I don't know the terms well enough to find the path there... Thanks a lot for many great tips Kjetil Great idea – facing a major upgrade process this would be very useful.
BUT: Where do I go on whatismyip.com to detect my network’s IP address? I don’t know the terms well enough to find the path there…
Thanks a lot for many great tips
Kjetil

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]]> By: Pavan Kumar http://maketecheasier.com/create-a-maintenance-holding-page-when-upgrading-wordpress/2008/12/12/comment-page-1#comment-3683 Pavan Kumar Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:59:20 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1540#comment-3683 Gone are the days of hectic upgrade. Its highly simple to use upgrade plugins if one is on wp2.6... Gone are the days of hectic upgrade. Its highly simple to use upgrade plugins if one is on wp2.6…

]]> By: DemoGeek http://maketecheasier.com/create-a-maintenance-holding-page-when-upgrading-wordpress/2008/12/12/comment-page-1#comment-3580 DemoGeek Sat, 13 Dec 2008 07:36:39 +0000 http://maketecheasier.com/?p=1540#comment-3580 That's a neat and simple trick and a much needed one at the time of WP 2.7 upgrade. Thanks for sharing this. That’s a neat and simple trick and a much needed one at the time of WP 2.7 upgrade. Thanks for sharing this.

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