Site temp unavailable message is no good. grrr. - Mambo

supern00b · May 17th, 2005, 14:29

I'd like to know how to make a minor change... (and oh what a great feature this would be in future editions...)

I'd like the ability to keep clients from seeing this when the mysql has gone down:

This site is temporarily unavailable.
Please notify the System Administrator

Instead, I'd like it to auto-forward them to another URL of my choosing.

Where would I make this edit?
At the LEAST I'd want to provide a link to click on rather than the message above.

Can anyone help?

brianteeman · May 17th, 2005, 14:41

you define the system error message on the first page fo the global configuration. I guess you could put a http refresh in then to redirect

supern00b · May 18th, 2005, 09:41

Nobody's tried this, eh?

tinatoth · May 18th, 2005, 11:08

that happened to me when my host had technical difficulties. when i saw it i went straight into my Cpanel, and saw that my database was not there! it appeared to be delelted!
but it came back about a minute later... and so did the site.

Markku · May 18th, 2005, 11:54

Quick way is to edit the message in configuration.php

Original:
$mosConfig_error_message = 'This site is temporarily unavailable.
<br />
Please notify the System Administrator';

Changed:
$mosConfig_error_message = 'This site is temporarily unavailable.
<br />
Please notify the System Administrator or
<A HREF="http://www.myothersite.com>click here</A>';

supern00b · May 18th, 2005, 19:57

Yes, but the goal is that they won't see it at all. That it will redirect to the mirrored site on a diff server.

Markku · May 18th, 2005, 23:17

OK, I thought that at least you wanted to provide a link to click.

But like brianteeman mentioned, try to put a http refresh in then to redirect.

May 17th, 2005, 14:29	#1
supern00b Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 178	Site temp unavailable message is no good. grrr. I'd like to know how to make a minor change... (and oh what a great feature this would be in future editions...) I'd like the ability to keep clients from seeing this when the mysql has gone down: This site is temporarily unavailable. Please notify the System Administrator Instead, I'd like it to auto-forward them to another URL of my choosing. Where would I make this edit? At the LEAST I'd want to provide a link to click on rather than the message above. Can anyone help? __________________ - Mambo and Joomla! can co-exist just like all the other CMS' do. It's simply up to the community members to behave like adults.

May 18th, 2005, 09:41	#3
supern00b Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 178	Nobody's tried this, eh? __________________ - Mambo and Joomla! can co-exist just like all the other CMS' do. It's simply up to the community members to behave like adults.

May 18th, 2005, 19:57	#6
supern00b Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 178	Yes, but the goal is that they won't see it at all. That it will redirect to the mirrored site on a diff server. __________________ - Mambo and Joomla! can co-exist just like all the other CMS' do. It's simply up to the community members to behave like adults.

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May 17th, 2005, 14:41	#2
brianteeman Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Leeds, UK Posts: 706	you define the system error message on the first page fo the global configuration. I guess you could put a http refresh in then to redirect

May 18th, 2005, 11:08	#4
tinatoth Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 139	that happened to me when my host had technical difficulties. when i saw it i went straight into my Cpanel, and saw that my database was not there! it appeared to be delelted! but it came back about a minute later... and so did the site.

May 18th, 2005, 11:54	#5
Markku Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Helsinki Posts: 1,535	Quick way is to edit the message in configuration.php Original: $mosConfig_error_message = 'This site is temporarily unavailable. <br /> Please notify the System Administrator'; Changed: $mosConfig_error_message = 'This site is temporarily unavailable. <br /> Please notify the System Administrator or <A HREF="http://www.myothersite.com>click here</A>';

May 18th, 2005, 23:17	#7
Markku Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Helsinki Posts: 1,535	OK, I thought that at least you wanted to provide a link to click. But like brianteeman mentioned, try to put a http refresh in then to redirect.