Maintenance Mode differentiation visitor/admin

The CMS Questions
1

Hi,

I implemented the Maintenance Mode following this thread, which works very well. Is there a way to differentiate as follows

not logged in / visitor → Maintenance page
logged in / admin → Full Webpage

So that I can test changes with the maintenance mode enabled?
Many thanks

2

Theres some help in here on redirecting based on login or not.

if($site->user()) go('/');
3

All you need is an additional check

<?php
if(!$site->user() and $site->maintenance()->isTrue() and $page->uid() != 'maintenance')):
go('maintenance');
endif;
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4

Works like a charme. May be a receipe for the cookbook.

5

No, I don’t think so. Maintenance mode is only useful for very limited use cases, because it requires a working Kirby installation. If that cannot be guaranteed, it is a better idea to use a separate html file.

Kirby will break and maintenance of no use, if parts of your site are missing.

6

Hi,

I did that: https://github.com/julien-gargot/kirby-plugin-offline, it could probably help you.

J.

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7

@julieng I had a quick look, but in a standard Starterkit this plugin will always put the site offline, because the default is an invisible homepage?

8

Thank you for the tip!

I could add a field in the site setting to put the site invisible for public instead using the homepage visibility :slight_smile:

I add this to the road map.

9

Thanks for the hint, but I prefer to use static HTML / .htacess to take site offline. For me maintenance mode usually means up i’m deleting Kirby and uploading a fresh copy, so a plugin isn’t much good here because Kirby is missing.

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10

Yes, in that case, this plugin is not the right solution!