Temporary 503 in HTAccess

#htaccess

#503

#regexp

#regex

#.htaccess

#seo

Specify your IP, toss this at the top of your htaccess (comment when not needed), and it'll give visitors an SEO friendly 503 while you're temporarily working on a website.

Htaccess Snippet

ErrorDocument 503 "Our website is temporarily closed for scheduled maintenance."
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^xxx\.xxx\.xxx\.xxx$
RewriteRule .* - [R=503,L]