Title: .htaccess redirect?
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# .htaccess redirect?

 *  [centinel3](https://wordpress.org/support/users/centinel3/)
 * (@centinel3)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-1/)
 * I am new to wordpress so bare with me. I have searched the forums and haven’t
   been able to find a post regarding my issue. Any help would be appreciated.
 * Here goes:
    I’m setting up a wordpress website for a client and am using this
   as a learning experience. I have installed the script and everything works great.
   My question is how am I able to edit the theme and site information and view 
   it online without anyone else gaining access to the website? I put up an ‘under
   construction page(index.html) which is showing when someone navigates to the 
   site, though when I type in [http://www.thewebsite.com/index.php](http://www.thewebsite.com/index.php),
   it kicks me back to the ‘under construction’ page. Is there a way tha tI can 
   have the under construction page up and work on the website still visually? I
   was told that I could modify the .htaccess file to give extensions a hierarchy,
   though don’t know how.
 * Thank you for any and all help!
    Sincerely, Chris beingproperties.com

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 *  [shane-g](https://wordpress.org/support/users/shane-g/)
 * (@shane-g)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-1/#post-1040092)
 * Hi,
 * I think you can add the priority of the default page from the hosting control
   panel..however, you can set the .htaccess code to use it…here is the example 
   sites:
 * [http://www.isitebuild.com/301-redirect.htm](http://www.isitebuild.com/301-redirect.htm)
   
   [http://www.seobook.com/archives/001714.shtml](http://www.seobook.com/archives/001714.shtml)
 * Thanks,
 * Shane G.
 *  [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * (@t31os)
 * [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-1/#post-1040386)
 * Hi centinel3,
 * You could temporarily redirect everyone excluding yourself using a temporary 
   redirect…
 * You could do this on a IP basis, excluding your own, anyone not on your IP gets
   sent to pageX while you remain able to access WP pages…
 * Of course if your IP changes alot this may not be suited…
 * If that’s what you need, just reply back and i’ll find something suited for you…
   it’s fairly straight-forward…

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [t31os](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t31os/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/htaccess-redirect-1/#post-1040386)
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