ADDON - Maintenance Mode

sparky · September 22, 2008

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WHMCS ADDON - Maintenance Mode

Author - Sparky

Website - http://tshosting.com.au/

Version - 1.0.0

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This addon will enable you to put your site into Maintenance Mode.

To install this addon

1. From the rar file, upload the modules directory to the WHMCS root folder.

2. Open header.tpl (from your current template being used) and paste the code from the readme file to the very top (line 1).

To activate maintenance mode

1. Go to Admin => Addon Modules => Maintenance Mode

2. Select the box and click "Change Mode".

To de-activate maintenance mode

1. Go to Admin => Addon Modules => Maintenance Mode

2. de-select the box and click "Change Mode".

Enjoy!.

Sparky

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Download Link

http://tshosting.com.au/dl.php?type=d&id=5

BAJI26 · September 22, 2008

Thanks Sparky!

You forgot to open the {php}{/php} tag for the code to be added to the header.tpl

I needed to change your doctype to what I use.

I also removed the

     //die("<div style='border: 1px dashed #cc0000;font-family:Tahoma;background-color:#FBEEEB;width:50%;padding:10px;margin:100px auto;color:#cc0000;'><strong>System Maintenance</strong><br>Sorry, the system is currently down for routine maintenance. ETA 1 hour.</div>");

and

// End Maintenance Code

Because I was getting some error and my page wasn't showing correct.

Works good otherwise.

sparky · September 22, 2008

You forgot to open the {php}{/php} tag for the code to be added to the header.tpl

No they were there

No Problem... You can change anything in the code that goes in the header.tpl to suit your doc type or the look of the maintenance page.

I forgot to remove the comented die line. Thanks for pointing that out.

I have modified the readme.txt file in the rar file.

This it the new version of the readme.txt below

######################################

# WHMCS ADDON - Maintenance Mode

#

# Author - Sparky

# Website - http://tshosting.com.au/

# Version - 1.0.0

#

######################################

This addon will enable you to put your site into Maintenance Mode.

To install this addon

1. From the rar file, upload the modules directory to the WHMCS root folder.

2. Open header.tpl (from your current template being used) and paste the below code to the very top (line 1).

To activate maintenance mode

1. Go to Admin => Addon Modules => Maintenance Mode

2. Select the box and click "Change Mode".

To de-activate maintenance mode

1. Go to Admin => Addon Modules => Maintenance Mode

2. de-select the box and click "Change Mode".

Enjoy!.

Sparky

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Copy and paste code to your header.tpl file

1. At the beginning of line 1 press enter key to put the existing code to line 2

2. Copy and paste everything below this line to line 1 of your header.tpl file and save.

{php}

// Begin Maintenance Code

######################################

# WHMCS ADDON - Maintenance Mode #

# #

# Author - Sparky #

# Website - http://tshosting.com.au/ #

# Version - 1.0.0 #

# #

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// Place this code on the very top line in your header.tpl file

$maintenancefilename = 'maintenance.txt';

if (file_exists($maintenancefilename)) {

die("

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN\" \"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd\">

<html xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\">

<head>

<title>Down for Maintenance</title>

<link href=\"/favicon.ico\" rel=\"shortcut icon\" type=\"image/x-icon\" />

</head>

<body>

<div align=\"center\" style=\"border:1px solid #000000;font-family:Tahoma;width:50%;padding:0;margin:100px auto;\">

<table width=\"100%\">

<tr style=\"background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;\"><td><strong><h1>System Maintenance</h1></strong></td></tr>

<tr style=\"background-color:#FBEEEB;color:black;text-align:center;\"><td><div style=\"margin:30px;padding:0;font-weight:600;\"><p>Sorry, the system is currently down for routine maintenance.<p>We apologise for the inconvenience.<p>Approximate ETA is 1 hour.</div></td></tr>

</table>

</div>

</body>

</html>

");

}

// End Maintenance Code

{/php}

sparky · September 22, 2008

Updated readme.txt file with credits and description

Drac0 · September 23, 2008

Hi Sparky,

Nice mod. I followed your directions to install this mod, however my server doesn't allow the admin side to create the maintenance.txt file in my root directory, so it does not go into admin mode from the control panel.

There was an error creating the maintenance file.

YOU ARE IN LIVE MODE.

I'm hesitant to give write permissions where they are not needed, and since my root directory is public_html, I don't feel comfortable doing that.

I can ssh to my system and touch maintenance.txt and the script works fine, I just have manually remove it as well.

Can you make this so we can select where we want the maintenance.txt file to go? Perhaps a public_html/tmp directory?

sparky · September 23, 2008

Ahh...thankyou for pointing that out, what a stupid mistake on my part

I hadn't set the variable $filemode for the chmod. That is why you are getting that error

Please download again and retry

New version should say V1.0.1

Drac0 · September 24, 2008

Looks like the link is still pointing to version 1.0.0

From the readme.txt file of the newly downloaded file:

######################################
#   WHMCS ADDON - Maintenance Mode   #
#                                    #
# Author  - Sparky                   #
# Website - [url]http://tshosting.com.au/[/url] #
# Version - 1.0.0                    #
#                                    #
######################################

And from maintenance_mode.php

// ######################################
// #   WHMCS ADDON - Maintenance Mode   #
// #                                    #
// # Author  - Sparky's Mods            #
// # Website - [url]http://tshosting.com.au/[/url] #
// # Version - 1.0.0                    #
// #                                    #
// ######################################

I installed the files, but still have the same problem.

I look forward to getting the latest version

sparky · September 24, 2008

Please see the wiki for details

http://wiki.whmcs.com/Contribution:MaintenanceMode

You can also click the link in my signature to download this addon

@Drac0 - I have PM'd you

BAJI26 · September 24, 2008

Got a feature you can add Sparky, similar to how whmcs is when an admin logs in and then goes to the frontend it show "Logged in as Administrator | Return to Admin Area" maybe you can add to that or have one on the upper left corner that show "System Is Offline" or something to that affect.

sparky · September 24, 2008

Check the new version 1.0.2 it already does that

There is some extra lines to add in the header.tpl file

BAJI26 · September 24, 2008

I just updated it with that version and when I put it in Demo and go to the frontend it doesn't show any status like Whmcs does. What should I look for? Thanks!

sparky · September 24, 2008

Have you replaced the old code to your header.tpl (you have to change the whole lot)

If you had already installed the code for the previous version you have to change it with the latest code

TO INSTALL THE ADDON

1. From the rar file, upload the modules directory to the WHMCS root folder.

2. Open header.tpl (from your current template being used) then see COPY AND PASTE instructions bellow.

3. At the beginning of line 1 press enter key to put the existing code to line 2

4. Copy and paste everything between the "FIRST CUT & PASTE" lines to line 1 of your header.tpl file.

5. Now copy and paste everything between the "SECOND CUT & PASTE" lines

between the </head> and <body> tags in your original header.tpl file and save.

eg..

</head>

#### PASTE HERE ####

<body>

##### START FIRST CUT & PASTE #####

{php}

// WHMCS ADDON - Maintenance Mode by Sparky

// Place this code on the very top line in your header.tpl file

$maintenancefilename = 'maintenance.txt';

if (file_exists($maintenancefilename) && (!$_SESSION['adminloggedinstatus'])) {

die("

<html>

<head>

<title>Down for Maintenance</title>

<link href=\"/favicon.ico\" rel=\"shortcut icon\" type=\"image/x-icon\" />

</head>

<body>

<div align=\"center\" style=\"border:1px solid #000000;font-family:Tahoma;width:50%;padding:0;margin:100px auto;\">

<table width=\"100%\">

<tr style=\"background-color:red;color:white;text-align:center;\"><td><strong><h1>System Maintenance</h1></strong></td></tr>

<tr style=\"background-color:#FBEEEB;color:black;text-align:center;\"><td><div style=\"margin:30px;padding:0;font-weight:600;\"><p>Sorry, the system is currently down for routine maintenance.<p>We apologise for the inconvenience.<p>Approximate ETA is 1 hour.</div></td></tr>

</table>

</div>

</body>

</html>

");

}

{/php}

##### END FIRST CUT & PASTE #####

##### START SECOND CUT & PASTE #####

{php}

// WHMCS ADDON - Maintenance Mode by Sparky

// Place this code in between the </head> and <body> tags in your original header.tpl file

if (file_exists($maintenancefilename) && ($_SESSION['adminloggedinstatus'])) {

echo "<div align=\"center\"><div style=\"text-align:center;border:1px solid #000000;background-color:red;color:white;font-family:Tahoma;width:50%;padding:0;margin:10px auto;\">MAINTENANCE MODE ON</div></div>";

}

{/php}

##### END SECOND CUT & PASTE #####

BAJI26 · September 24, 2008

Yeah I added the new code and updated the old one. I guess the latter code is what suppose to show that. Let me check again.

BAJI26 · September 24, 2008

Ok I got it! I added the code to external files then included them which cause the bar not to show above.

Thanks again!

AVeal · October 21, 2008

Does this work for 3.7.2?

sparky · October 21, 2008

Yes it does

Use the link in my signature to download the Addon

The link in the first post no longer works

Edited October 21, 2008 by sparky

Phile · December 8, 2008

I'm getting the cant create maintenance file error. where does it try to write to?

sparky · December 8, 2008

It creates a file in the whmcs root directory

The directory perms are normally supposed to be 0755

Are you running suphp?

wizzerd · December 10, 2008

Hello, Sorry to interrupt but I am experiencing the same issue and I am running suphp and my whmcs root directory does have 755 perms.

sparky · December 11, 2008

Hello, Sorry to interrupt but I am experiencing the same issue and I am running suphp and my whmcs root directory does have 755 perms.

Please open a support ticket at tshosting.com.au so I can look at it for you.

barco57 · December 18, 2008

Works like a champ! Good work

easyhosting · December 20, 2008

Thanks Sparky works a treat

Gazza · December 21, 2008

works great but can only get it to create the file by changing perms to 777

WHMCS is set in sub directory

thank you

Edited December 21, 2008 by Gazza

bubbasheeko · January 1, 2009

Hey Sparky,

I installed as per your instructions from the link provided. Documentation states it is 1.0.2. I am receiving the same error that you released 1.0.1 to fix:

There was an error creating the maintenance file.

Any suggestions? (besides changing the chmod of the whmcs folder?)

Thanks!

sparky · January 1, 2009

Hey Sparky,

I installed as per your instructions from the link provided. Documentation states it is 1.0.2. I am receiving the same error that you released 1.0.1 to fix:

Any suggestions? (besides changing the chmod of the whmcs folder?)

Thanks!

Are you running suphp?

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