Symphony.

A new Extension, “Maintenance Mode” is now available for download. Comments and feedback can be left here but if you discover any issues, please post it on the issue tracker.

I added a few missing strings and language files for Dutch, German, Portuguese and Russian to this extensions. It would be great if the translation contributors could proof-read and complete their translations and if these changes could be integrated in the main repository.

http://github.com/nilshoerrmann/maintenance_mode

This is a feature request: I normally use the Maintenance Mode while building a site. From time to time I have the need to give someone else a link so that he can have a look at the site. In this case I have to:

1. disable the Maintenance Mode or to
2. use an authentication token to give access to the site.

Normally, the first is not an option as the website will be publicly viewable. Using an authentication token has the drawback that the user will automatically be logged into the backend (well, that of course is the reason for having ?auth-token).

Would it be possible to introduce a “frontend token” that bypasses the Maintenance Mode without logging the user in? It could be activated and reset in the preferences. Beside the fact that it could be used to offer a viewable link during development it could also be used for JavaScript interactions that call frontend pages using AJAX and that should work even with Maintenance Mode activated.

Would it be possible to introduce a “frontend token” that bypasses the Maintenance Mode without logging the user in?

Sounds like a great idea!

I’d like to see this as well. It’d be great if I want to show early versions of a site to friends or if I want to show something to a client without giving them access to Symphony in an early stage.

Interesting idea. I like it.