Site Lock
Version
1.5.0 and 1.7.0
Rating
Compatibility
Votes
Favoured
10
License
GPLv2 or later
Non-Commercial
Type
Views
8661
Date Added
16 December 2011
Editor's Note
- This extension requires registration to download.
This is much different from using the standard "Site Offline" feature of Joomla.
No more need to use an HTaccess file to lock down your site. The Site Lock extension will give you much more flexibility.
Supported Joomla Versions
Joomla 1.5, Joomla 1.6, Joomla 1.7
Have you ever used the "Site Offline" feature of Joomla and wished that you could allow your clients, colleagues, or friends to view the site without making it public or adding them as a "special" level administrator user?
Or have you ever logged into the front of your site while it is offline to view how it will look to the public only to find that you have those little edit article icons on ever page of the site and you cannot get a true feel for how the site will look to non-logged in visitors?
If you answered yes to either of these questions, Site Lock is your answer.
Site lock offers you the following benefits:
HTaccess style site protection
Give your clients their own login (without making them a user on your website)
No file editing or programming necessary
Create your own custom splash page message
Custom splash page message supports HTML formatting you can edit with your favorite WYSIWYG Editor
Site Lock is FREE to download and use on as many sites as you wish
Log in and view your site just as if it were live and see it as the public would see it
No more needing to use the standard "Site Offline" feature of Joomla
Gives you more control of the site during the design process
You choose who can see the site and who can't with custom login credentials
Enable and Disable in one click
Via the Admin/backend of my site, the extension was installed. One click, lock, and immediately your site is secure! I was amazed that it worked so easily...only problem is that its not recognizing my Joomla name and password!
Now I'm locked out as well. Via cPanel I deleted the "sitelock" folder. and it's STILL locked! Went to the FTP loader and removed sitelock from there. My site is still locked!! Still, from the backend I uninstalled the extension from the extension manager and ITS GONE, but THE SITE IS STILL LOCKED FROM THE FRONT END!!! This is bizarre, not to mention, a total nightmare!
Now I'm locked out as well. Via cPanel I deleted the "sitelock" folder. and it's STILL locked! Went to the FTP loader and removed sitelock from there. My site is still locked!! Still, from the backend I uninstalled the extension from the extension manager and ITS GONE, but THE SITE IS STILL LOCKED FROM THE FRONT END!!! This is bizarre, not to mention, a total nightmare!
Owner's reply
@VideoLady Sorry you experienced an issue, but in our defense you HAVE NOT submitted a support ticket for your issue and that would have very easily cleared up everything. The problem you are experiencing is not because of an issue with the Site Lock extension not working properly, but it is self induced because you obviously failed to read the instructions that are extremely easy to follow and shown right in the main component screen itself.
1. Site Lock doesn't use your Joomla login credentials, you have to simply create the login for Site Lock from within the component itself, just as the instructions tell you to do when you go to the Site Lock component.
2. To unlock your site all you had to do is go to the Site Lock extension and click on the unlock button. Simple as that. This will simply disable the Site Lock plugin that locks down your site.
This seriously couldn't be any easier. The moral of the story is "READ THE INSTRUCTIONS!!!" that's what they are there for. :-)
You can just leave the site online (from global configuration), and just lock the site down from the extension, while allowing the users you want to view the site. These users are not stored in joomla users, only used by the extension! Plus you can really view the site as your users see it, not as admin (from the frontend), very useful!
I was waiting for something like this for a long time now. It does just what it is supposed to do. It makes development on a server much easier than to have to keep going to the global configuration and putting the site on and offline. With site lock you can keep your site online and setup which users are able to access the site. This way you can login as a registered user to test the site. You can even log in as a guest to test registration at the site. Nice Job on This.
I have spent hours and hours working on getting 2 1.7.3 sites into offline mode with no success. With this extension I was able to put my site in an 'offline mode', with the required security to access the backend and administration login within 2 minutes. I cannot believe how simple and effective this extension is. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Five out of five - keep up the good work!!!
This worked GREAT, and very intuitive. Worked first time, and I was impressed that message at the top of screen showing the site when it was locked could be edited with the standard TinyJCE editor, to make it look nice -- and I assume link to an alternate site if need by.
I ran into the exact problem SiteLock solvers - requiring the client to enter the BACKEND of the site as a SuperAdmin to see the shopping cart and layout. Since they were Administrators they saw all the extra editor stuff, making them very confused. And I had to get into a big Front End / Back end explanation. I don't understand why this is not a standard component of J 1.7, but THANKS FOR WRITING IT!!
I ran into the exact problem SiteLock solvers - requiring the client to enter the BACKEND of the site as a SuperAdmin to see the shopping cart and layout. Since they were Administrators they saw all the extra editor stuff, making them very confused. And I had to get into a big Front End / Back end explanation. I don't understand why this is not a standard component of J 1.7, but THANKS FOR WRITING IT!!
