Title: Maintenance mode using custom html
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Maintenance mode using custom html

 *  [atsouf](https://wordpress.org/support/users/atsouf/)
 * (@atsouf)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maintenance-mode-using-custom-html-1/)
 * Hello, I need your help if possible. I want to use wordpress to create a website.
   At the moment i have just created an custom html page with the name index.php
   thats comes up when someone gets on url. I want to upload wordpress CMS and work
   it BUT i also want the visitors to still see my custom html page untill i remove
   it.
 * So first of all how can i ahve the custom html page always to show up by default
   and what changes i must do when i want to publish my site and remove the custom
   html page.
 * Thx in advance,
    Chris

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 *  [Pioneer Web Design](https://wordpress.org/support/users/swansonphotos/)
 * (@swansonphotos)
 * [12 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/maintenance-mode-using-custom-html-1/#post-3853685)
 * Upload WordPress to a sub-folder, create a sub-domain at host, dev. site there,
   then just use host tools to point main domain to this folder.
 * Review with host and see:
 * [Changing Site URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL).

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