Taking the website temporarily offline
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| − | + | There may be occasions when you will make your Joomla! website completely unavailable to visitors for a short time. There is a simple switch in the Administrator back-end that enables you to take your website offline very quickly. It can be returned to service at a later time just as easily. | |
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| + | # Log in to Administrator back-end. To learn how to do this read: [[Logging in or out of the Administrator back-end]]. | ||
| + | # Click on the '''Global Configuration''' button on the Administrator Control Panel. | ||
| + | # Find where it says '''Site Offline''' and change the radio button from '''No''' to '''Yes''' (see the screenshot below). | ||
| + | # You can also change the '''Offline Message''' if you want to give your visitors some explanation about why your website is unavailable. | ||
| + | # Click on the '''Save''' or '''Apply''' toolbar button. | ||
| + | # Visitors to your website will now see a page with the Joomla! logo and your offline message. | ||
| − | + | [[Image:Global config.png]] | |
| − | + | ==To put your Joomla! website back online== | |
| − | + | # Log in to Administrator back-end. To learn how to do this read: [[Logging in or out of the Administrator back-end]]. | |
| − | + | # Click on the '''Global Configuration''' button on the Administrator Control Panel. | |
| − | + | # Find where it says '''Site Offline''' and change the radio button from '''Yes''' to '''No'''. | |
| − | + | # Click on the '''Save''' or '''Apply''' toolbar button. | |
| + | # Your website will not be back in service. | ||
Revision as of 14:00, 19 June 2008
There may be occasions when you will make your Joomla! website completely unavailable to visitors for a short time. There is a simple switch in the Administrator back-end that enables you to take your website offline very quickly. It can be returned to service at a later time just as easily.
To take your Joomla! website temporarily offline
- Log in to Administrator back-end. To learn how to do this read: Logging in or out of the Administrator back-end.
- Click on the Global Configuration button on the Administrator Control Panel.
- Find where it says Site Offline and change the radio button from No to Yes (see the screenshot below).
- You can also change the Offline Message if you want to give your visitors some explanation about why your website is unavailable.
- Click on the Save or Apply toolbar button.
- Visitors to your website will now see a page with the Joomla! logo and your offline message.
To put your Joomla! website back online
- Log in to Administrator back-end. To learn how to do this read: Logging in or out of the Administrator back-end.
- Click on the Global Configuration button on the Administrator Control Panel.
- Find where it says Site Offline and change the radio button from Yes to No.
- Click on the Save or Apply toolbar button.
- Your website will not be back in service.
