Using Timber
Site settings
Maintenance & coming soon#
Site Settings → Maintenance puts a holding page in front of visitors while you work. Logged-in admins still see the real site.
- Mode: Coming soon or Maintenance, each with your own title and message.
- Countdown: set a launch date and the page counts down, then reloads itself at zero.
- Visitors get HTTP 503 with
Retry-After, so search engines treat it as temporary. - Preview it any time with
/?preview=coming_soonwhile logged in. - Redirects and
robots.txtkeep working.
The holding page is self-contained — no external fonts, scripts or images.
Site notice#
A thin announcement bar at the top of every page: message, optional link, colour, a gentle flash animation, dismissible by visitors, a start and end schedule, and either all pages or only the ones you list (with /* wildcards).
Redirects and 404s#
- Manage 301/302 redirects and short links under Redirects (see SEO & sitemaps).
- Choose what unknown URLs do: branded 404 page or send visitors home.
Branding options#
In Design → Branding there's also a switch to disable text selection on the public site (form fields still work; the admin is never affected).
The admin bar#
When you're logged in, a floating bar on the public site shows the version you're viewing and offers Edit, Playground and Make live. In Admin Tools → Admin Bar choose always-on, auto-hide (hot corner) or off, and which corner.
Your profile and password#
Your profile (bottom of the sidebar) changes your name, email and password — you must enter the current password. Sessions expire after 8 hours idle or 7 days total. Administrators manage everyone else under Users (Users & roles).