How to put Cs-Cart store offline or maintenance mode ?

Many times we need to put our CS-Cart store offline for maintenance or upgrade work. CS - Cart by default provides option to close store for admin.

It asks to enter access_key to enter when we select option to close store. That key admin user can use to access public store.  So only user knows that key can access store when it is closed.

To close CS-Cart store for public follow below steps -

In the administration panel, go to Settings > General.

Choose the Close storeftont checkbox.

Enter some value in the Access key to temporarily closed store field.

Click the Save button.

If admin want to access public site when store is close he need to add access_key secrete in url.

For example: if your CS-Cart is here: http://www.your_site.com and you enter secret in the field, you will need to use this URL to access your store: http://www.your_site.com/index.php?store_access_key=secret.