Maintence mode - new modifiaction for free

[ddluk]

That's my first modification so there could be some bugs, maybe someone who know php better than me should check it

Maintenance mode is modification which give as the possibility to put our site in maintenance mode. For example we need to close site for few minutes, we click on the button On an now people only see your web site logo and text "This site is currently under construction."

So let's start:

Files used in that modification:
smm.php (included in package)
admin_maintenance (included in package)
maintenance_main_center.tpl (included in package)

Files modified in that modification:
index.php
languages/lang_english.conf
templates/your_template_name/admin_templates/admin_main_center.tpl

Other:
Database query

Instruction:

1) Database query:

CREATE TABLE `pligg_maintenance` (
`id` INT( 11 ) NOT NULL AUTO_INCREMENT PRIMARY KEY,
`name` VARCHAR( 20 ) NOT NULL ,
`valuemm` VARCHAR( 50 ) NOT NULL
) ENGINE = MYISAM

INSERT INTO `pligg_maintenance` (
`id` ,
`name` ,
`valuemm`
)
VALUES (
'1', 'state', '0'
);

2) Put files from package into your Pligg directory:
smm.php to your root directory
admin_maintenance.php to your root directory
maintenance_main_center.tpl to templates/your_template_name/admin_templates/

3) Edit files:

Open index.php from root directory:

before

include_once('Smarty.class.php');

add

include('smm.php');

Open lang_english.conf from languages directory:

add this at the end:

//<SECTION>Pligg Maintenance</SECTION><ADDED>0.1</ADDED>
PLIGG_Visual_Header_AdminPanel_Maintenance="Site under maintence"
PLIGG_Visual_Header_AdminPanel_Maintenance_Display="Maintenance"

Open admin_main_center.tpl from templates/your_template_name/admin_templates/

after

<img src="{$my_pligg_base}/templates/{$the_template}/images/paypal.gif" align="absmiddle"/> <a href="http://forums.pligg.com/donate.php" target="_blank">{#PLIGG_Visual_Header_AdminPanel_Donate#}</a>

add

<br/>
<img src="{$my_pligg_base}/templates/{$the_template}/images/manage_config.png" align="absmiddle"/> <a href="{$my_pligg_base}/admin_maintenance.php">{#PLIGG_Visual_Header_AdminPanel_Maintenance#}</a>

Open maintence_main_center.tpl from templates/your_template_name/

Add your website name:

<input type="submit" name="On" id="On" value="On" onClick="parent.location='http://your_web_address/admin_maintenance.php?action=on'" />

<input type="submit" name="Off" id="Off" value="Off" onClick="parent.location='http://your_web_address/admin_maintenance.php?action=off'" />

4) Customization:

To change the logo and text displayed when site is under maintenance you need edit smm.php file.

You can change:

title:

<title>Site maintenance</title>

logo:

<img src="http://your_web_address/logo.png" alt="logo">

text:

<h2>This site is currently under construction.</h2>

5) Using:

To use modification go to the admin pane, the you find on the end of list modification mode. Then you can click On and Off. Actually the status is not displayed. I will change that in future version.


TODO list:
-add display status (maintenance On/Off)

Version 0.1

If you don't understand something please write questions here

Modification is free but if you like you can send me some cash to my paypal account: admin.ddluk@gmail.com

Edited:
Small bug in smm.php. New version uploaded.

[chuckroast]

Thanks for sharing..

[glorify]

Looks promising. Any way god users can still see the site as normal even with maintenance mode on?

[ddluk]

@glorify

In version 0.1 now. But in version 0.2 which is included in that post it's possible.

Changes:
No it's possible to simple god access to site.

Instruction:
To access to site when maintenance mode is switched on you need go to your web site using special address written below:

http://www.your_website_address.com/?access=access_code

where access_code is code which you can change in smm.php file:

$pass = 'access_code';

Changelog:

0.2 (15.07.2008)
added god access to site when is on maintenance

0.1 (14.07.2008)
First version

[catchpen]

Should be added to the core - a must for high traffic Pligg sites.

[ddluk]

Maybe future version should be added. There are few things that should be done before including into core