how do i change the text for when my website is down?

[simpson7647]

hi all, when i disable my site (so its down) text appears but is there anyway to change this?

current it says:

In order to perform site maintenance, our online shop has been taken offline temporarily. We apologize for the inconvenience, and ask that you please try again later !

So how do i change this?

many thanks

[sbnet]

Hi,

Go to Tools>Translations>Front Office and update 'maintenance'

[simpson7647]

thanks for the reply.

Great ive got there and now changed the message.

Although how do i go to a new line as clicking ENTER doesnt seem to do it :/

thanks

[rocky]

Use <br /> to create a new line.

[simpson7647]

 

doesnt seem to work rocky :/

thanks

[rocky]

I guess you'll have to manually edit maintenance.tpl in your theme's directory.

[simpson7647]

how rocky :/ and what do i edit?
If i go into that folder, would i be able to see the text im trying to add and simply enter a new line?

thanks

[rocky]

Edit line 20 of maintenance.tpl in your theme's directory using whichever editor you use to edit files. Notepad will do. Then reupload the file using your FTP client. Change line 20:

{l s='In order to perform site maintenance, our online shop has been taken offline temporarily. We apologize for the inconvenience, and ask that you please try again later !'}

You can change the message there and use

to add line breaks. In HTML, line breaks are ignored, so you must use that code to signal a line break.

[simpson7647]

Edit, dont worry

many thanks

[simpson7647]

no luck :/

appears like this :

In order to perform site maintenance, our online shop

has been taken offline temporarily. We apologize for the inconvenience, and ask that you please try again later !

just tried again and appears like this:

LOL at you asll

fofofofofo

fofofo

no luck with (code doesnt appear)

:/

[rocky]

For example, change line 20 from:

{l s='In order to perform site maintenance, our online shop has been taken offline temporarily. We apologize for the inconvenience, and ask that you please try again later !'}

to:

{l s='This is the first line of the maintenance message.'}
{l s='This is the second line of the new maintenance message.'}