The system message is not clear about site maintenace mode status due to the bug described below. While this is a very minor bug it could be confusing to new drupal admins to think "The checkbox says I am online but the line at the top of the screen says I am offline... which is it?"
When going offline the system.module generates 2 messages at the top of the content area stating:
* The configuration options have been saved.
* Operating in off-line mode.
While in offline mode the latter of these two lines will remain persistent on all screens.
When returning from offline mode the system.module generates only 1 message stating:
* The configuration options have been saved.
The persistent "Operating in off-line mode." is made non-persistent but it is not cleared from the content area and so immediately after returning online the message box reads as follows:
* Operating in off-line mode.
* The configuration options have been saved.
Suggest adding a simple status message so that after returning online the content area says:
* The configuration options have been saved.
* Site Maintenance mode ended. Now operating in on-line mode.
Thank you for your time.
Comments
Comment #1
vm commentedThis would have to be changed in 7.x, if others agree and backported to drupal 6.x.
Patches would likely be of benefit to help out those working on D7
Comment #2
BrightLoudNoise commentedDuplicate of #266172: Site Maintenance gives confusing status message? and somewhat related to #184926: Incorrect message displayed when bringing a site back online. This may be too late for D7 unfortunately.
Comment #3
saiprasad kandavalli commentedNice observation
Comment #4
vm commentedwell it certainly won't be fixed in 6.14. Moving to 6.x-dev
Comment #5
ergonlogicDuplicate of #184926: Incorrect message displayed when bringing a site back online. If this still needs backporting to 6.x, then I believe the other issue should be so tagged.