Redirect when the website is down for maintenance

[jhowe]

Thanks for taking the time to read my post.

What I would like to do is have my page redirect to another internal webpage when the site is down for maintenance (or when a 404 error occurs) ~ either that or I would like to completely change the styles.css for the site is down for maintenance page (such as eliminating the background image, changing the background color, etc.). How can I accomplish this? Thank you for your help in advance.

[DrByte]

You can change the CSS for your down_for_maintenance page by adding a new file at:
/includes/templates/NAME_OF_YOUR_TEMPLATE_HERE/css/down_for_maintenance.css
Put your CSS changes for just that page into that specific file, and it will take effect only when index.php?main_page=down_for_maintenance is displayed.

You can also turn off the headers/footers/sidebars on that page by flipping the corresponding switches in Admin->Configuration->Website Maintenance

As for 404 errors, you can ask your hosting company for help on how best to restyle your own custom 404 pages on their servers.

[jhowe]

Sorry for the delayed response, but I just wanted to say that the CSS copy worked perfectly for me. Thanks DrByte!