CakePHP 2.1.0: How to Create “Down for Maintenance” Page

Question

I\'m trying to implement something like Mark Story\'s \"Down for Maintenance\" page using CakePHP 2.1.0. I\'m pretty close to achieving this, but I\'m running into two issues th

Answer 1

here is a quick and dirty maintenance page for cakephp

in public index.php

define('MAINTENANCE', 0); 
if(MAINTENANCE > 0 && $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR'] !='188.YOUR.IP.HERE')
{
require('maintenance.php'); die(); 
}

Then just change MAINTENANCE = 1 when you want to take your site down and it will still be viewable from your home/office.

BONUS: Works with all versions of cake!