How to hide website from visitors

We have a situation where we had a website designed, and it is ready for handover. It is currently on the developer's server. We can see it and test it. The next step is now to pay the developer and then he will transfer it to our webhost for deployment. This is phase 1 of many.

However, we are not happy with the design, in fact. It is so devoid of what we were expecting that we are too ashamed to launch it. We will keep our side clean ito payment, but we are concerned that the matter might turn nasty at a sensitive stage.

Is it possible, after he has transferred this website to our host, to block it being visible to visitors? Currently we only display a static landing page (notice).

 

Of course. Using apache, you can make it so only certain people can access the page or require a username/password. Very easy, probably would take about 10 mins of work.

 

dont upload it in the root folder directly.

create a new folder in root folder and upload in it.

only you will know the name of the folder and only you will be able to access it.

also dont add any meta tags.

vineet

 

Do both together. Shove the whole page in a subfolder (so it cannot be reached simply by yoursite.com that visitors use) and use either a robots.txt (you should have that anyway) or the username/password solution for that whole folder. Both are good ideas.

Sorry to hear it didn't work out nicely re the design.

 

Ah thanks so much for your quick responses. Makes sense, we will proceed accordingly.

 

Or just not put it up, they wont see it then ;-)

 

If your host has cpanel you can password protect it very easy

 

very simple, just upload it to a new folder, and make your home an underconstruction notice..

 

You can use htaccess to block your site from being viewable to public. But why are you paying for something you dislike?

 

Delete the website, works every time.

 

Exactly what i was thinking... Usually you pay for something you want

 

you can load your site in new folder and at home give under construction error..

 

If you don't like the design you shouldn't be paying for it in my opinion. Other than that the repeated, ad nauseum, suggestions above are fine.

 

Make a "This site is currently under construction" is the best way to keep your visitor for coming later.

 

You can also use the .htaccess and .htpasswd files to create the username / password login option.

 

You want to prevent certain visitors or domains or IP adress to come and visit your website? Here's the guide on how to block visitors to your site:

Create a .htaccess file and add the following code--changing the IPs to suit your needs--each command on one line each:

order allow,deny
deny from 198.10.1.2
deny from 039.71.1.
allow from all

You can deny access based upon IP address or an IP block. The above blocks access to the site from 123.45.6.7, and from any sub domain

under the IP block 012.34.5. (012.34.5.1, 012.34.5.2, 012.34.5.3, etc.)

You can also set an option for deny from all, which would of course deny everyone. You can also allow or deny by domain name rather than IP.

You can also block website visitors through cPanel. Go to IP Deny Manager and follow the instruction over there.