[FX.php List] "site down for maintenance" include?

[Joel Shapiro]

Thanks so much for the reply, Roger.

In my case, I have some pages that don't start with a find (e.g.  
login pages) and I'd want the message to display anyway, so checking  
FMFind results wouldn't quite get me what I'm looking for.

Best,
-Joel


On Mar 7, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Roger Price wrote:

> Joel
>
> My new site uses a DB driven menu syatem which appears on every  
> page. If the FmFind returns zero, then the user is redirected to a  
> static error page . I realise that this is not quite what you are  
> asking but it works for me. Other files that could be empty -  
> events, news etc won't even display a heading if the found set is  
> zero and the rest of the text fills the gap (the joys of CSS  
> positioning). Where I expect a return (assuming the file is 'up')  
> but get none, I redirect the user as per the menu system.
>
> I know that this is not an elegant solution but until I find a  
> better way...
>
> HTH
>
> Roger
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Shapiro"  
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>
>> Hi all
>>
>> Has anybody implemented a procedure to automatically alert users  
>> when  a site is down due to the FM files being closed on FMSA?
>>
>> I'm thinking an include on every page that could check if the DB  
>> is available, and if not, present a friendly message to site- 
>> visitors  and then a php exit;
>>
>> Would this work?  Is there a specific FX error to easily check for?
>>
>> This would be for when the DB needs to be closed for updating, etc.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> -Joel
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