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THE SOLUTION, should anybody want it.
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/closed/closed.png.*$
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^.*/closed/closed.htm.*$
RewriteRule ^.*$ http://localhost/kayaknames/closed/closed.htm [L]
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
<html style="">
<head>
<title>Kayak Names</title>
</head>
<body style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">
<div style="margin: auto; height: 500px; width: 900px;">
<img src="http://localhost/kayaknames/closed/closed.png"; alt="Kayak
Names" />
</div>
</body>
</html>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alex Chamberlain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: 26 August 2008 17:33
> To: PHP General list
> Subject: [PHP] Closing a website (mod_redirect)
>
> Hi,
>
> From time to time, I will need to update my website. During this time,
> I
> would like to forward all traffic to a ‘closed for site maintenance’
> page.
> This page will have an image. I’ve had a go using mod_redirect:
>
> RewriteEngine on
> RewriteRule ^.*/splash.png$
> http://localhost/kayaknames/closed/closed.png
> [R]
> RewriteCond %{REQUESTURI} !^.*/closed/closed.png.*$
> RewriteRule ^.*$ http://localhost/kayaknames/closed/closed.htm [R,L]
>
> Closed.htm:
>
> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN"
> "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";>
> <html style="">
> <head>
> <title>Kayak Names</title>
> </head>
> <body style="text-align: center; vertical-align: middle;">
> <div style="margin: auto; height: 500px; width: 900px;">
> <img src="splash.png" alt="Kayak Names" />
> </div>
> </body>
> </html>
>
> It works, but the image is not shown as it redirects to closed.png
> (correctly), but then redirects again to closed.htm - hence no image.
>
> Wondering if anybody had any ideas where I am going wrong??
>
> Thanks,
>
> Alex
>
>
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![http://localhost/kayaknames/closed/closed.png"](http://localhost/kayaknames/closed/closed.png"){kind=link}
