Show visitors a "back soon" page while you work on your site, and customize it.
Maintenance mode shows visitors a "back soon" page while you update or rebuild your website.
Turning it on and off
- Sign in to HostPanel and go to Domains → Domain List.
- Click your domain. On the General tab, find the Maintenance Mode card.
- Turn off the switch labelled Site is live. Visitors immediately see the maintenance page.
- When you have finished, turn the switch back on.
While maintenance mode is on, visitors and search engines receive a "503 Service Unavailable" status, which tells search engines the outage is temporary, so your rankings are not affected by a short break.
Customizing the page
The page shown is the file /home/USERNAME/example.com/errors/503.html. Edit it in the File Manager to add your logo, a message and a way to contact you.
Using WordPress? Its own maintenance plugins let you keep working on the site while signed in, which HostPanel's maintenance mode does not.