[eluser]NateL[/eluser]
rogierb, Thank you for the wiki link - I shoulda looked there first, i know. hahaha.
OK - This seems like the simplest of them all - because this site will be using a .htaccess file
# Uncomment line below to send site to offline status
#RewriteRule .* offline.php [L]
Is there any possible way to tell .htaccess to ignore my IP address so that I can bypass viewing that offline.php file?
I don't want to lock myself out of the site, because I'll need to test it to make sure everything is working before I open it back up to the public.