Site under construction? Password, coming soon and noindex in one click
Site Access mode protects work in progress: a password for your client, a maintenance page for everyone else, and automatic noindex for search engines.
There is a phase in every site's life when nobody should see it: while you are building it. But "nobody" has exceptions — your client needs to review it, you need to work on it, and Google must not index it half-done.
Three modes, one panel
In Settings → Site you'll find the "Site access" card with three modes:
- Public: the site is live, business as usual
- Password protected: visitors get an elegant lock screen — customizable title and message — and entering the password unlocks the whole site. Perfect for client reviews
- Maintenance / coming soon: everyone sees a courtesy page; only logged-in administrators see the real site
The fields shown in the panel adapt to the chosen mode: pick password and you see the password field, pick maintenance and you configure the page's title and message.
The detail that matters: automatic noindex
While the site is not public, the CMS automatically serves a robots.txt that blocks indexing plus noindex meta tags. No risk of finding your homepage on Google with placeholder copy — a classic of forgotten staging sites.
When you switch back to Public, everything becomes indexable again. A switch, not a checklist.
Real security, not just cosmetics
The password unlock is not a bypassable JavaScript overlay: it is verified server-side on every request, with a signed cookie that lasts 7 days. No password, no content. Period.