On 6/1/2012 11:02 AM, Ishita Kapadiya wrote: > Daniel's idea looks very good. but what if we also want to verify the > change by logging into the site (after application level change get > complete) and then open it up for all users.. is there any way to > achieve this? Yes, you can control this with a condition (like looking for a specific cookie, header or source IP address). In the example below, you would use a cookie to gain access: <VirtualHost *:80> <IfDefine MAINTENANCE> RewriteCond !%{HTTP_COOKIE} LetMeIn RewriteRule .* /path/to/maintenance.html [L] </IfDefine> #Existing directives </VirtualHost> -- Daniel Ruggeri --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx