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Created August 20, 2013 07:52
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Declare a 503 Status via PHP for SEO friendly downtime.
<?php
header('HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable');
header('Retry-After: Sat, 8 Oct 2011 18:27:00 GMT'); //How long before you estimate your website will be back.
?>
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
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