There is a thread about that idea:

https://www.limesurvey.org/forum/future-features/96904-maintenance-pause-mode-per-installation-per-survey

Not in LS core : more easily maintainable/updatable in plugin

I am voting for this! Prefereably in core.
Plugin only if it is a core plugin delivered with the LS install. This is a core feature for a survey system and we can not afford to break it.

Since the plugin event is already there I also think that a core plugin (activated by default) would be the best approach.

I hope that this is not that tricky to implement for a survey. We can simply extend the survey text messages and if a "Maintenance mode warning" message exist, display it on top of the screen.

The feature voting process cannot handle both idea and implementation at once. That should be done in two steps. When Denis puts rejection on this feature it counted against the feature and not its implementation.

If feature idea and implementation cannot be separated I see no sense in using this feature request system at all.

I agree that the voting should only be used to rate the idea. That's what it is all about.

The implementation detail is something that always has to be discussed and since there will mostly be different opinions down-voting if your implementation suggestion is not used is the wrong way.

OK, then +1 for idea, -1 for implementation

But : think :

• Plugin activated : maintenance mode
• Plugin deactivated : no maintenance

I'm ok with the idea of doing it in core, with a parameter in global setting, like for most CMS or webapp.
But first : debugging ;-)

Re feature request of this ticket is only for the whole installation but the linked discussion covered a bit more:

Maintenance screen / Pause screen with a HTML Field to add infos.
Perhaps an URL field to be able to redirect to different Limesurvey installation

Levels:
1.) Per Limesurvey installation
2.) Per Survey (when activated, when deactivated) Being able to pause without any further activities attached. Paused, not expired or deactivated.

You often get hits on Survey URLs, which are already done. But you don't want to piss of probands. You don't want to show them a error message of the LS system which they don't understand. You want to customize the error message.

The majour problem :

• We allow only "existing" user to pursue the survey : YES/NO
• We need a "delay" warning ?

jelo : for custom messages :

• https://bugs.limesurvey.org/view.php?id=9649 then you have an easy way to replace "Tis survey don't exist anymore" or Privacy message or anythiung else you want to update.

@Denis:
If a pause is put into place for all or a certain survey, new entries are blocked.
Users which are already filling out the survey, should be able to continue.
You might think about an option to cut them of as well. A additional warning could be displayed for people filling out the survey e.g. "Survey will close in XX Min. Please ensure that you finish the survey in the next x Min."
Message should not be hardcoded.

Since I was told, to not specify feature requests to certain LS versions I will not take any restriction of the current code base into account. To raise chances of getting feature implemented I would prefer have feature requests against certain LS versions.

Custom message in the sense to have a custom message for every survey.
And the URL direction to get users to the newer survey or to a different Limesurvey installation after distributing the survey urls. Or to a special website as a follow up.

Something like this would be very cool!

I absolutely agree that this is a very usefull feature!

Yes, totally agree. Maintenance mode would be perfect and very useful. Thank you for all the work you put into limesurvey!

https://framagit.org/SondagePro-LimeSurvey-plugin/maintenanceMode

Contribution welcome

Nice, will test once documentation is available.

But since I know that Denis usually provides verynice plugins, I already vote for making this a core plugin.

+1

For core plugin : let me add the alert + a javascript warning for admin user.

For 3.0 only (need plugin translation system for default language string)

OK : get it + warning X minutes before maintenance (option)

1. : get https://github.com/SondagesPro/renderMessage / https://framagit.org/SondagePro-LimeSurvey-plugin/renderMessage
2. Activate it
3. get https://github.com/SondagesPro/maintenanceMode / https://framagit.org/SondagePro-LimeSurvey-plugin/maintenanceMode

Go to plugin settings

https://www.limesurvey.org/forum/plugins/108261

This feature is implemented.
https://github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/commit/182d40592f73d7c41cda72354addb4dd8a815d26
Maintenance mode feature is implemented in simplest form: global setting + survey blocking on the frontend with warning + admin header warning + theme editor editing of twig and css files.
More features may be added later.