Take an ASP.Net application offline
In this post (it is going to be very short for a change) I would like to show you how to take your ASP.Net application offline.
We have to place a file named app_offline.htm into your root directory.By doing that we stop any ASP.Net processing. If you wonder what is going to be displayed instead,
are the contents of the app_offline.htm. If we remove the app_offline.htm or rename it, then the ASP.Net application will start again.
1) Launch Visual Studio and create a new ASP.Net web application.Give it an appropriate name.
2) Add a new app_offline.htm file to the root of your application. I have added some markup in this file
<p>We apologise for the inconvenience but our site is down for maintenance!!!
We expect this to last for a couple more hours. Please try again later </p>
<p>If you want to have a look at our company's profile have a
look at some <a href="#">videos</a> in YouTube</p>
3) Run your application and you will see the contents of the app_offline.htm file
4) Rename the app_offline.htm file to something else and you will see your application up and running. You can delete the file if you want.
So I think this is a great way to take your application off and bring it back on with minimum effort.
Hope it helps!!!