Only users in the Administrator usergroup will be able to browse the site, visitors will be presented with a closed message which you can set in this setting group.
- Forum Active
From time to time, you may want to turn your forum off to the public while you perform maintenance, update versions, etc.
Selecting 'Yes' will set the forum Active.
Selecting 'No' will set the forum Inactive (turns it off for the public).
When the forum is set Inactive users in the Administrator usergroup will be able to browse the forum. They will see a notice displayed in the header and footer of each page stating that the forum is closed. Visitors who browse any page on the forum will receive a message that states that the forum is temporarily unavailable. You could set a custom message.
Do not forget to set the forum active again when you are done with your maintenance. - Reason For Turning Forum Off
When you have set your forum to inactive, this is the message that a visitor will receive when they browse any page on the forum.Note:This field expects the use of HTML code.
You can not use BBCode here.