Swap your live site for a friendly maintenance page in minutes, with a way back that doesn't lose anything.
Put up a maintenance page on my site while I fix the database
How it works
- Write the maintenance page: Vovy asks your editor for a simple maintenance.html in your brand colors, with a short message and a contact email.
- Add a temporary rewrite: Vovy adds a rewrite rule that sends every page to the maintenance page, on a separate branch so your real code stays as is.
- Deploy it to production: Vovy asks, then promotes the maintenance build to production. Your domain shows the notice within seconds.
- Check it's live: Vovy loads a few pages on your domain and confirms every one shows the maintenance message.
- Plan the way back: A card explains how to switch back: Vovy promotes your previous real deployment, which takes seconds and doesn't rebuild.
What you provide
- Your site on Vercel
- The message you want to show
What you get
- A branded maintenance page
- Live across every URL
- A one-step way back
FAQ
Will this hurt my Google ranking?
Not for a few hours. For longer outages, a 503 status tells Google to come back later, which Vovy can set up with a small function.
Can I still test the real site?
Yes. Your real deployment keeps its own vercel.app URL, so you can test there while the public sees the notice.
Does this stop my database or API?
No. It only changes what your website shows. Background jobs and APIs on other services keep running.
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