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Maintenance mode

Need to pause your live site while you make changes? Maintenance mode serves your designed 503 page to visitors until you switch it back.

The Error pages card, with the four error-page pickers and the "Maintenance mode — show the 503 page at every address" switch beneath them

Turn it on​

  1. Open Admin → Error pages for the site — the same card that assigns your error pages. The switch takes every page of the site offline for every visitor, so the Admin area is limited to site admins.
  2. Switch on Maintenance mode — show the 503 page at every address. It confirms with "Maintenance mode on — visitors see the 503 page".
  3. Visitors now see your 503 error page on every path.
  4. When you're done, switch it back off and the site returns.

If you haven't assigned a 503 · Maintenance page, maintenance mode still works — but visitors get Aglyn's plain built-in notice ("This site is undergoing maintenance. Please check back shortly.") rather than anything on-brand. Design and assign the 503 first.

Tips​

  • Design the 503 page first (see custom error pages) so maintenance mode shows something on-brand.
  • Tell visitors when you'll be back — a simple line on the 503 goes a long way.