Down for Maintenance Not Working

[Webskipper]

Down for Maintenance does not work. Nada.

What are the possibilities that need to be addressed?

The last fix was the security patch and before that, no fixes for the past 2 years.

[DrByte]

Down for Maintenance does not work. Nada.

What are the possibilities that need to be addressed?

Are you *sure* it's not actually working and you're just seeing the site anyway because your IP address has been included as an exemption?

Other possibilities:
- When you set the down-for-maint switch maybe it didn't actually save the setting change

When you post such questions, you *really* should include a URL.

[Webskipper]

Yes, I do select the right options but, after saving the page takes you back to the Admin CP. Weird. I did not include a URL because it deals with the admin and I don't want the matter indexed by the Search Engines.

[stevesh]

Is that the only admin thing that doesn't work?

Not being able to change admin settings (with a return to the main admin page) is a symptom of an incorrectly installed security patch, I think.

[dbltoe]

You know you could have done something like

rc101DOTcom

Last I heard, search engines don't grab those.


AND, down for maintenance only affects the site, not the admin.

[DrByte]

Yes, I do select the right options but, after saving the page takes you back to the Admin CP. Weird.

If the same symptoms occur when you go to save *other* settings in your admin, then you've incorrectly applied at least one of the recent admin security patch files, especially the admin version of the html_output file, and maybe others as well.

I did not include a URL because it deals with the admin and I don't want the matter indexed by the Search Engines.

I didn't want a URL to your admin. I figured the Down For Maintenance should apply to your storefront, not your admin. I basically wanted to visit the site and see whether *I* saw it in DFM mode, vs *you* whose IP address might be in the exclusions list.

[Webskipper]

Not being able to change admin settings (with a return to the main admin page) is a symptom of an incorrectly installed security patch, I think.

Well, drag me under the boat to scratch me back.

I uninstalled the Patch and all Gremlins are gone. Maintenance Status works as well as Layout Box Controller. And I can delete Categories. I'll wait for the Patch patch.

Thanks again!

[DrByte]

I'll wait for the Patch patch.

NO! Don't wait! There's nothing to wait for!

Re-apply the patch, making sure to do it correctly this time