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Questions tagged [http-code-503]

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Recovering a lost website with no backup?

Unfortunately, our hosting provider experienced 100% data loss, so I've lost all content for two hosted blog websites: http://blog.stackoverflow.com http://www.codinghorror.com (Yes, yes, I absolutely should have done complete offsite backups.…
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Should I return a 429 or 503 status code to a bot?

We are doing some work to block excessive bots. We are throttling requests based on IP. In the past, using IIS, we have returned a 503 error to the client. Someone suggested that a 429 is more appropriate. I am trying to figure out which one I…
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302 & 503 for temporary site down page: what to use for 'retry-after'?

If I want to temporary take down a website but the timeframe could be from 1 day to 1-2 weeks, I know that a 302 redirect (to a down.html page for instance) is best in order to preserve the existing SEO value of the site. I've also read that one…
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403 or 503 for the page needed to be reviewed by administrator before published?

There are some user generated pages on my site. And those pages must be reviewed by the site administrator before published after once they are updated by the users. So the workflow is basically just like this. A user (the author of the page)…
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503 status fails to load images or CSS

I have the following 503 status set: RedirectMatch 503 ^/(?!index\.html) ErrorDocument 503 /index.html Header always set Retry-After "604800" I understand that this rule tells any robots that the server is down for maintenance and to check back in…
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How to solve 503 issue

I'm participating in a web project. It's a Joomla web page and it's gained a lot of visitors in the past months. Actually we are receiving donations each year to pay site's hosting and domain. The concurrence now is extremely high and we don't…
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How to have website (on IIS) return code 503 yet still provide local development

How could I have my website running on IIS return the HTTP Header Code of 503 to the public, and at the same time be able to allow developer to continue developing it locally? For example, if I use app_offline.htm, it will yield the 503 error to ALL…
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Website maintenance - SEO - 503

I've to do some big works to my website, so I've to put it offline for some hours, but I don't want to lose my rank in google. I've read this tutorial: http://www.branded3.com/blogs/handle-googlebot-during-site-downtime/ This is the correct…
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Password protected website

I need to add a user authentication page before the actual homepage of the website. In Joomla! I just set the website offline and the offline page loads in place of the homepage but then it's automatically throwing a "503 Service Temporarily…
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How an offline main domain can influence traffic on an active sub domain

The website(s) design is for a company active in 3 different areas. As an example lets use the following structure: www.example.com [sub1.example.com] [sub2.example.com] [sub3.example.com] sub2.example.com and sub3.example.com…
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How can IIS 7.5 have the error pages for a site reset to the default configuration?

A mishap occurred with web.config to accommodate a subsite existing. I made use of “”. Essentially it was a workaround put in place for nested web.config files which was causing a conflict. …
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What is the proper metadata to set on temporary 500 errors?

Context I am building a web application with server side rendering on top of a headless CMS. Sometimes the CMS is down and the frontend has no idea what to display to the user, other than showing a generic error page. I am setting the HTTP status…
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DHIS2 Live Install Problem - HTTP Error 503 - Windows 10 Home v10

I am trying to install and use DHIS2 Live for a small project. I have followed the instructions in the latest DHIS2 Implementor Guide, and extracted the downloaded zipped file to my desktop. When I run the executable file, a tab opens in my browser…
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Is a 302 temporary redirect to a 503 maintenance page (on another domain) acceptable for SEO during site maintenance?

I'm working under an IIS environment. I would like to put up a splash page for our site maintenance, however, the splash page (app_offline.htm) has to be served on a separate site, since our developers still want to be working with the site while…
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What is best practice for search engines when a website is under maintenance?

I need around a week to transition a heavily data-driven website from one back end to another. During that time I do plan to attempt to keep some pages live, but they won't all work well or look brilliant. Some pages won't work at all. What is the…
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