Taking it down for maintenance

You may occasionally want to take you site down for maintenance, for example, when performing server upgrades or updating areas of your site. The task of taking your site down has been made exceptionally easy by MODx. The following step describe how you can do it:

1. Open the MODx Manager.
2. Select the 'Tools' tab and then choose 'Configuration' from the available menu options.
3. When the Configuration page has loaded, choose the 'Site' tab on the page.
4. Scroll down to the setting entitled 'Site Status' and choose the 'Offline' option.
5. Click the 'Save' button.

At this point, the site is now offline and visitors will see the page that is designated as your Site Unavailable page - see below for information on how to set this page up. You can easily make the site online again by following the options above but selecting 'Online' in step 4.

Setting the Site Unavailable page

To set your Site Unavailable page, follow these steps:

1. If you haven't already, create a MODx document that contains the information that you want site visitors to see when the site is offline. When creating this page, set the 'Hide in Menu' option to Yes and make sure the page is published.
2. Open the MODx Manager.
3. Select the 'Tools' tab and then choose 'Configuration' from the available menu options.
4. When the Configuration page has loaded, choose the 'Site' tab on the page.
5. Scroll down to the setting entitled 'Site Unavailable Page' and enter the ID number of your page in the textbox.
6. Click the 'Save' button.

Your Site Unavailable page is now setup, ready for action!