How To Change Site Status and Specify Redirect Page in Commerce Server (277063)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Commerce Server 2002
  • Microsoft Commerce Server 2000
This article was previously published under Q277063

SUMMARY

Microsoft Site Server Commerce Edition 3.0 allows the site manager to specify a page that users see when the site is unavailable (for example, when the site is closed for maintenance). Although Commerce Server does not include this feature, the Commerce Server Software Development Kit (SDK) does.

MORE INFORMATION

The Commerce Server SDK contains a sample Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in, with source code, to enable this feature. With this snap-in, the site manager can open and close the site, as well as specify a page to redirect the user to when the site is closed.

WARNING: This sample has adverse affects if it runs in the root of a Web site, or if you deploy it on a site that has been unpackaged to the root of a Web site. For this sample to work as expected, your store must be running in a subdirectory under the Web root.

The Site Status SDK component is available in the \Program Files\Microsoft Commerce Server\SDK\Samples\Site Management\Site Status folder.

REFERENCES

For more information on this SDK sample, see the "Site Status" topic in the Commerce Server online documentation.
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:6/29/2004
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