After install: NOTICE: The website is currently Down For Maintenance to the public

7 Jan 2012, 6:44 AM

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After install: NOTICE: The website is currently Down For Maintenance to the public

I just downloaded & installed v1.5 to my local host. It seemed to install fine (with some DB problems) but when it was done I get the red line at the top with the message:

"NOTICE: The website is currently Down For Maintenance to the public"

Why do I get this and how do I fix it.

Note: this is just the standard ZenCart code, I haven't added any of the store yet. The only changes I made were to the configure files, as recommended.

7 Jan 2012, 7:23 AM

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drbyte

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Re: After install: NOTICE: The website is currently Down For Maintenance to the public

Yes, that's normal. The upgrade script puts the store into down-for-maintenance mode in an effort to prevent shopping activity during the upgrade.
You simply need to turn off maintenance mode: Admin->Configuration->Maintenance->first option in the list

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7 Jan 2012, 7:57 AM

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orcasoul

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Re: After install: NOTICE: The website is currently Down For Maintenance to the public

DrByte:

Yes, that's normal. The upgrade script puts the store into down-for-maintenance mode in an effort to prevent shopping activity during the upgrade.
You simply need to turn off maintenance mode: Admin->Configuration->Maintenance->first option in the list

That word..thanks.

14 Jan 2012, 1:23 AM

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skyquest

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Re: After install: NOTICE: The website is currently Down For Maintenance to the public

Hi, I've got a similar problem with the upgrade... no matter what I do in the admin section - even turn off the maintenance mode - the website is still showing that notice.

Any idea why?
thanks a lot

14 Jan 2012, 1:39 AM

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skyquest

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Re: After install: NOTICE: The website is currently Down For Maintenance to the public

Found it! Just had the wrong address for the file!

22 Mar 2012, 5:11 PM

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celticozarkian

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Re: After install: NOTICE: The website is currently Down For Maintenance to the public

In my case, after upgrading a site to 1.5, I could not get the website maintenance option to work from Admin>Configuration>Website Maintenace. I ended up going into my database under the configuration file and found the confg key of DOWN_FOR_MAINTENACE and edited the value from true to false.

Hopefully, I can figure out the issue with admin panel at some point, but this got the website back up.

Ray Province

Raymond C. Province
Celtic Ozark Solutions
http://celticozarksolutions.com