Support forum for my Site Maintenance Mode mod. http://www.boonex.com/m/Site_Maintenance_Mode_Mod

If you have a problem with the module. Ask for help here.

I updated the market entry today to point out that the module is not compatible with most sites that have splash pages. I noticed the entry did not yet have a support forum. So here it is.

I installed Site Maintenance Mode version 1.0.0 on a new install of Dolphin 7.0.9 without issues.

Hello Deano,

I have installed the mod via admin and everything now works as expected. Nice mod!

Stuart

D7.0.9.

Hi i have install in 7.09  but it is not working ??

Then one of the first 3 steps was missed, or the code changes in step 3 were not done correctly.

You can PM me your site access details and i can check it out.

Also attach as a file here your modifield copy of inc\design.inc.php so i can verify the code changes were properly applied.

Please do not paste it into the forums. The file is to large, it's best to attach as a file.

Very good, works just as it should!!  9.9 / 10!

can you make this so it allow's HTML/JavaScript

This way while you're down for maintenance you can perhaps, place some links to sponsors or such as my case, live cams to keep your member's busy and satisfied :)

thanks

I will look into adding that.

In the mean time you most likley can inject what you want directly into the database.

The table is sys_options. The name is MaintModeText. There you will find the current text. You can replace that and clear the dolphin cache.

HTML should be able to be used there. I have not tested javascript.

You can also edit site_maintenance.php and edit this code.

    function getBlockCode_BlockOne() {
        return MsgBox(getParam('MaintModeText'));
    }

That returns the message box containing the text. You can modifiy it to return any code you want.

Actually now that i think about it. Changing it in the database is not an option. Each time you switch in and out of maintenance mode the changes will be damaged.

So modifying the file i mentioned is the best option for now.

Hi Deano,

Is the maintenance mod compatible with D7.1?

Regards,

Stuart

Edit: I just tried installing. D7.1 states not compatible.

Update will be out later today.

Version 1.0.1 released.

http://www.boonex.com/m/Site_Maintenance_Mode_Mod

Updated for Dolphin 7.1.0

Hi Deano,

There are no installation instructions with the updated version of your maint. mod.

Opps.

I'll upload a new copy with the instructions.

But the install process is exactly the same as the old version. Uninstall any old version first.


EDIT: Ok. I uploaded a replacement zip file with the missing install instructions.

 No problem. Works as advertised!!

I have just installed it on D7.1 and it works well :-)

I had it working on my test site.

I then cleaned my site and restored via R1 backup.

Now I get access denied when I try to run site_maintenance.php and the permissions are exactly the same as all other files...

Any ideas?

Peer

Sorry. No clue. The restore must have broke something.

Either site_maintenance.php is damaged or missing, or a dolphin setting is preventing access to the file. Upload a fresh copy.

Upload a fresh copy of .htaccess from your dolphin files.

If you have dolphins page access control module installed, check that as well.

Other than that i cannot think of anything else. The problem has never been reported by anyone else before.

hi Deano,

I made dolphin upgrade to 7.1.1 with my site in maintenance mode. I did it with your mod on. Now I can't shift to normal way.

I have always a page title named "Maintenance" with the index.php.

Need your help to shift to normal mode.

Also Would like to know if an 7.1.x upgrade of your module is available?

Best regards

didierKC

Dolphin updates can replace files. You need to check inc\design.inc.php to make sure the required change for the mod is still there.

I need to see the site to provide further assistance.

The current version of the mod is in the market. If your current version is older than the one in the market then you need to upgrade it.

Oh and one other thing. If my actual maintenance page that says the site is down for maintenance is not being displayed and your seeing dolphins home page then it's not my mod causing the problem.

You mentioned the word title which indicates to me that your not seeing the mods maintenance page but rather the word maintenance in the title which is not the same thing and does not make any sense to me so i need to see the site.

Attached is a pre-modified copy of inc/design.inc.php for dolphin 7.1.4

Deano- Great work!

I am on 7.1.4 no problems.

I have a question though.. how to you change the default gray barely readable message to something more easy to see?

I looked in the language settings but did not see anything useful... :)

Thanks!

Peer

Because the settings use dolphins internal settings system, any css you try to use will get stripped.

So the only way is to edit the maintenance page.

In the root of your dolphin site edit site_maintenance.php and look for this

        return MsgBox(getParam('MaintModeText'));

Change it to this.

        return MsgBox('<div style="color: red;">' . getParam('MaintModeText') . '</div>');

There is only one explanation for that error.

The code edit was not properly done or you using a text editor that is not appropriate for use with utf8 text files.

Restore a backup of design.inc.php and try again. The mod has been tested on over 150 sites and is known to work when properly applied.

Hi-

I copied the modified design.inc.php file from a working site to a new site I need to put into maintenance mode and i get the message this web page has a redirect loop.

Please advise.

Thanks!

Peer

Unknown.

I suspect either the file you copied was damaged or corrupt during upload, or the file site_maintenance.php is damaged. Re-upload both.

Thanks Dean! I'm on it..

P.

copied site_maintenance.php from a working site, all is good now.

Peer

Hey deano i really don't care if it will redirect when site maintenance is on and skip the splash, if so its cool. Is that the only thing with splash page?

No. The two may end up fighting each other. The splash redirect trying to redirect to the splash page, and mine trying to redirect to the maintenance page resulting in a redirect loop.

Hello! 

Problem with this mod... I follow the 4 steps from INSTALL.TXT file but... 

Internal Server Error 

Error on white site: "Function name must be a string"
in design.inc.php after code-insert iin this line
$echo($oTemplate, 'page_' . $_page['name_index'] . '.html');

Only reason would be code modification done incorrectly.

Restore a backup of that file and try again.

If you continue to have problems, attach a copy of your file so i can see what was done wrong and i will correct it. I also need to know exactly what version of dolphin it is. All three version numbers. 7.1.5 or 7.1.6, ect.

Version 7.1.6

i only changed this file because of your instruction

design.inc.php

DONE, i was able to help by myself!

Hi.

Is this mod compatible with 7.2 or will you make an update?

Then I will buy thi mod ;-)

Rappi

 
Unknown, at this time. Not yet been tested on 7.2.

As i test each of my modules i will update the entry in the market to indicate it is compatible.

This mode works fine on 7.2 rc, I tested

Ok, I have buy it and it runs under 7.2!

Only the version must be changed in the config.php...

Deano, you can set it to compatible with 7.2.0 in the market 

Rappi

Hi,

Are you going to upgrade maintenance mode module??
It is not working properly with latest dolphin.

Describe not working properly. I need to know the symptoms, problems your having.

See this topic. https://www.boonex.com/forums/topic/Deanos-Module-Updates-.htm

The new version of this module will most likely be released tonight or tomorrow. The new version no longer requires source code changes which people have a tendency of forgetting to make sure they are still there when they update dolphin.

Module has been updated to version 1.0.3

Module no longer requires source code changes, so make sure source code changes from previous versions has been removed.

New version also requires licensing.

Report any problems here. This is the first module using my new licensing system.

Way to go, deano.

Nice to see these updates start to trickle in.

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Michel ✈ Meta-Travel.com
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I know this is soon, but module has been updated to version 1.0.4 to fix a problem found with the new licensing system.

Please update to this latest version as soon as possible.

Module again updated to version 1.0.5. Another issue with the licensing system.

Hi Deano, I've tried to download the module (1.0.6) this morning and I've been able to get it. Unfortunately, cannot open the .zip (1k) as it shows this error message:

"The archive is either in unknown format or damaged"

Can you help please?

Apparently the zip file here in the market was damaged. I uploaded a new copy. Should be fine now. Please try again.