Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

5 Apr 2007, 5:53 PM

#1

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Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

I want to know if I can temporarily hide my Zen Cart from the public while I'm editing my cart. When people visit www.mydomain.com/catalog they will see "sorry, this site is temporarily down for maintenance" or something like that, while I can still view the store front somewhere.

I'm using v1.3.7. Thanks.

5 Apr 2007, 6:01 PM

#2

ajeh

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

Configuration ... Web Maintenance ... can be a handy little tool ...

Only those IP Addresses that you add can see your site when it is set to Down for Maintenance ...

NOTE: this can interfer with Payment and Shipping gateways depending on how they function ... so if you have weird results when testing, turn off this feature and try again ... :smile:

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5 Apr 2007, 6:04 PM

#3

tshooters

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

You can place your store in "Down for Maintenance" mode in Admin/Configuration/Website Maintenance. Add your own IP to
Down for Maintenance (exclude this IP-Address) so you can see your
store as you work on it. :thumbsup:

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5 Apr 2007, 6:05 PM

#4

ajeh

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

/me snicker ... faster than a speeding bullet ... :lamo:

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5 Apr 2007, 6:16 PM

#5

tshooters

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

Yes, you are! :yes:

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5 Apr 2007, 6:16 PM

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afo

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

Ajeh:

/me snicker ... faster than a speeding bullet ... :lamo:

How's the tall building thing coming along? :lol:

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5 Apr 2007, 11:17 PM

#7

henryvuong

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

Thank you.

6 Apr 2007, 5:03 AM

#8

ajeh

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

afo:

How's the tall building thing coming along? :lol:

Heights can be fun ... but gotta wait until it's built ... :lamo:

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16 Jul 2008, 8:34 PM

#9

qhome

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

Whats the best way to hide all sideboxes when in maintenance mode? I want just the "we are down but I dont want them to be able to see ANY products or reviews or anything.

16 Jul 2008, 9:23 PM

#10

merlinpa1969

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

in the admin -> configuration -> maintenance you can chose to hise the header footer and side columns

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16 Jul 2008, 9:26 PM

#11

qhome

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Re: Can I hide my Zen Cart from the public?

Merlinpa1969:

in the admin -> configuration -> maintenance you can chose to hise the header footer and side columns

HAH! I never even bothered to read farther down than the enable disable.... :frusty: :lamo: :bangin:

Thanks!