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

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On 3/7/07, Joel Shapiro <jsfmp at earthlink.net> wrote:
> 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"
> > <jsfmp at earthlink.net>
> > To: "FX.php Discussion List" <fx.php_list at mail.iviking.org>
> > Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:35 PM
> > Subject: [FX.php List] "site down for maintenance" include?
> >
> >
> >> 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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