You can use a non-cake solution that is use htaccess (or any rewrite rule from different http server) that check if file app/webroot/ maintenance.html is present. If is there, show the file to any request. So you can delete/create/rename the maintenance file to enable/disable. Faster :)
Juan Basso On Sep 13, 7:28 pm, ecsyle <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a boolean set in my AppController to enable/disable the site. > If the site is disabled, I run $this->cakeError('maintenance') to send > the user to a custom error page explaining that the site is down for > maintenance. > > I also use a .lock file in the webroot to automatically disable the > site when I am doing updates. My build script creates the .lock file > before doing anything else, and once the updates are complete and > verified, the .lock file is removed. > > On Sep 5, 12:45 pm, Xoubaman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm trying to implement a system to disable the site temporaly for > > maintenance purposes or whatever. If the site is disabled, only logged users > > can navigate through it, non-logged users are redirected to a "Site under > > maintenance" layout. > > > Currently (o "As of now"), my approach is to allow a "secret url" that will > > lead to the login form, check in AppController::beforefilter if the current > > url is the allowed one and, if it isn't, set the maintenance layout. Trying > > to figure out how to allow only one url to log in, I came to define it as a > > constant in bootstrap and add the route in config/routes pointing to > > UsersController::login. > > > It would be nice to save the secret url into the database and change it > > without editing bootstrap.php, though. > > > Any suggestion? -- Our newest site for the community: CakePHP Video Tutorials http://tv.cakephp.org Check out the new CakePHP Questions site http://ask.cakephp.org and help others with their CakePHP related questions. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cake-php
