Maintenance Mode enabled

[aRMY83]

Per this thread between myself and RedBassett:

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Within the MM Message area I had this:

Forum will be placed in Maintenance Mode from 12:00pm thru 6:00pm EST 3/20/2013.

and right at 12:24pm EST is when I enabled MM.

Right thereafter, 40 minutes or so, I scrolled down to the bottom of main page and noticed a member online.

[Michael]

Hi,

I replied to your topic on the v5 GD board, but I'll elaborate here now that I have more information.

The 'Member Online' is most likely just data that had not yet been cleared out for some reason, a temporary glitch. I tried getting into your forum as a guest, and as a regular member, while it was in maintenance mode and was unable to. Unless members are posting while in maintenance mode, I wouldn't be concerned that they could see or access the forum. The only possibility that I could see (if I am incorrect about the members online not being updated quickly) is that a member left the forum open and the members online counter took this as someone being online, despite the fact that if they attempted to do anything on the forum they would be greeted with the MM page.

[aRMY83]

Thanks Michael for that great explanation.