.htaccess redirect to maintenance - under construction page

For simple redirect while doing maintenance on websites like upgrades or emergency fixes I put a site in maintenance by adding the next few lines to my .htacces RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^123\.123\.123\.123 RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !(\.(gif|jpg|css)$|^/maintenance\.html$) RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /maintenance.html [R=302,L] Ofcourse change the 123\.123\.123\.123 to your ip address and create a maintenance.html. This .htaccess will still serve images and css normally so you can use them in your maintenance page. If you want to add more ip adresses just duplicate the line: RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} !^123\.123\.123\.123 and change the ip.