Using tags in maintenance mode site down message

johnboyuk1 · Post by **johnboyuk1** » Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:05 pm

I was hoping to use a redirect tag in the maintenance mode message in order to redirect to a temporary page -

{redirect_url to='temporary.html'}

Doesnt seem to work though - anyone know how I can achieve this?

Post by **DIGI3** » Mon Nov 26, 2018 5:50 pm

It only worked for me with by adding a forced refresh to the page, so perhaps it's a bit buggy when used in this context.

One option could be to just put a meta refresh as your sitedown message:

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<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0;URL='http://newsite.com/'" />

Ideally you should make it a full html template and put that in the <head> but it may work fine with just that. Test on multiple browsers/devices.

Rolf · Post by **Rolf** » Mon Nov 26, 2018 6:13 pm

You can add the meta refresh line to the "Page Specific Metadata" box of your error 404 page.

johnboyuk1 · Post by **johnboyuk1** » Tue Nov 27, 2018 9:19 am

thanks guys. I ended up using a bit of javascript straight into the text window - which I assumed wouldnt work because the smarty tag didnt work, but it did, so does the job it needs to!

Thanks!

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