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# Check the box labelled '''Enable Maintenance Mode.''' | # Check the box labelled '''Enable Maintenance Mode.''' | ||
# Change the '''Subject for display Maintenance''' | # Change the '''Subject for display Maintenance''' | ||
# If you wish, you may change the '''Message for display'''. | # If you wish, you may change the '''Message for display'''. | ||
# All guests and members will see the message you have entered. | |||
# All | |||
# Then select the save button | # Then select the save button | ||
Revision as of 17:12, 4 October 2011
How to put the forum in Maintenance Mode
- Go to Administration > Configuration > Server Settings > General. Here is how to get there:
- Log into your forum and select "admin" from the navigation menu.
- From the "Configuration" section of the administration panel, select Server Settings
- Choose the General tab.
- Check the box labelled Enable Maintenance Mode.
- Change the Subject for display Maintenance
- If you wish, you may change the Message for display.
- All guests and members will see the message you have entered.
- Then select the save button
How to take the forum out of Maintenance Mode
- Go to Administration > Configuration > Server Settings > General (see above)
- Uncheck the box labelled Enable Maintenance Mode
- Select the save button
How to set Maintenance Mode without logging into the forum
- Log in to your forum's control panel
- Go to your File manager
- Find the folder your forum's files are in. This could be public_html, www or several other things, depending on your host.
- Find the file Settings.php, and make a back-up copy of it, just in case you make a mistake while editing it.
- Open the file Settings.php for editing:
- right-click on the file
- From the pop-up menu, select Code Edit or Edit
- Select "edit" from the pop-up
- Find $maintenance in the file. Here are the settings you can use:
- maintenance = 0; -- Out of Maintenance mode
- maintenance = 1; -- In Maintenance mode
- maintenance = 2; -- "Extra" Maintenance mode -- nobody can log in, not even admin.
- Save the file by selecting Save Changes.