As a senior website operations expert, I fully understand the importance of a healthy website for a company.However, in daily operation, there will always be times when the website needs to be temporarily closed for maintenance, such as system upgrades, data migration, server optimization, etc.Faced with these situations, AnQiCMS (AnQi CMS) provides a convenient and powerful "shutdown" setting, allowing you to provide a professional and proper explanation to visitors even during website maintenance.

AnQiCMS's “Shut Down” feature: a planned “rest”

AnQiCMS's "shutdown" feature is not a simple and rough way to make the website "unavailable", but a strategic and prepared temporary offline mode. In the AnQiCMS backend management interface, you can navigate to“Backend Settings” -> “Global Settings”，Easily find and manage the "Website Status

Once the website is set to 'closed', the AnQiCMS system will take immediate effect: it will block all ordinary visitors from accessing any normal content on your website, whether it is the homepage, news articles, product details pages, or any other dynamic pages.At this point, visitors will no longer see the usual website layout and information, so what will they see?

User perspective: Information presentation under the closure mode

When your AnQiCMS website is in "shutdown“Closed Station Prompt Information”. This design of AnQiCMS fully considers user experience and brand image, allowing you to highly customize this prompt information.

The most direct and convenient way to customize isthe text box of "Site Closure Tip" on the "Global Settings" pageEdit in English.You can enter plain text content here directly, such as a brief explanation of the reasons for website maintenance, the expected date and time of recovery, or provide a temporary contact method.This method is very practical for quickly publishing closure notices.

However, the flexibility of AnQiCMS goes far beyond this. For users who want to maintain a strong brand image and provide more information during the shutdown period, the system also reserves a special template file:errors/close.html.This file plays the role of the "site shutdown prompt page".This means that you can fully control the layout, style, and content of this landing page just like any other page on a website.You can embed your company's logo on this page, use background images that match your brand's style, add friendly illustrations, and even integrate a countdown timer to display the time when the website will be restored.errors/close.html，You can ensure that even during website maintenance, a visually professional and informationally complete user experience is provided.

Optimize the content operation strategy for site closure experience

Valid shutdown notice is the key to reducing user loss and maintaining brand reputation. As a website operator, when setting up the AnQiCMS shutdown, consider the following strategies:

  1. Clear and transparent information transmission In the shutdown prompt, be sure to state the website maintenance in a concise and clear mannerspecific reasons（For example, “System upgrade, providing faster service”, “Data migration, ensuring information security”), and give clearEstimated recovery timeIf the time is long, you can guide users to follow your social media platform or get the latest progress through email.

  2. Friendly and considerate tone to sootheUse polite and grateful expressions to communicate your appreciation to the user for their patience in waiting.For example, "Thank you for your understanding and patience, we are working hard to bring you better service!This statement can effectively soothe the user's emotions.

  3. Taking SEO considerations into account Although it is temporarily closed, we do not want search engines to mistakenly believe that the website is permanently offline. In customizationerrors/close.htmlWhen the page is, it should ensure that it contains clear maintenance information, so that the search engine understands that this is only a temporary state.A well-designed, informative maintenance page helps prevent search engines from misjudging it as a dead link, thereby reducing the potential long-term negative impact on website ranking.

Summary

AnQiCMS's “shutdown” feature is another strong support provided by it as an enterprise-level content management system in terms of content operation strategy.It is not just a simple website switch, but also a mature and flexible maintenance solution.Through the intuitive settings and deep customization template support from the backend, you can easily communicate professional and clear information to users and search engines during website maintenance, thereby effectively maintaining the brand image and minimizing the negative impact that may arise from the temporary offline of the website.

Common Questions and Answers (FAQ)

Q1：AnQiCMS website is in a "shutdown" state, what impact will it have on my website SEO?A1：In the short term, the shutdown of the website will indeed affect the crawling of search engines, but if the shutdown time is reasonable (usually recommended not to exceed a few days), and you areerrors/close.htmlThe page provides clear maintenance notifications and expected recovery time, search engines usually treat it as a temporary condition.An informative and clear closing page helps avoid the search engine misjudging it as permanently unavailable, thus reducing the negative impact on the long-term SEO ranking of the website.After recovery, we recommend that you pay close attention to the inclusion status of the website.

Q2：I can add pictures, videos, even background music to the closure prompt page?errors/close.html？A2：Absolutely. Becauseerrors/close.htmlis an independent template file