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		maxniederhofer on May 13, 2010 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Clever "down for maintenance" page Too verbose for my taste. Here's a good sample of effective maintenance pages: http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/06/12/effective-mainten...

heyitsnick on May 13, 2010 | [–]

This page is in that list :) Under heading 4 as the shining example of page that "the same look and feel as your regular site."

maxniederhofer on May 13, 2010 | | [–]

Yup. Link was to highlight that there are many other examples of more effective maintenance pages than the one from OP.

statenjason on May 13, 2010 | [–]

iStockPhoto's maintenance page (heading 5) rocks

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