How to Return Specific HTTP Status Code in a Plain HTML Page

Question

Google recommends returning a 503 HTTP response when a site is temporarily unavailable.

I have a few plain HTML Sites. How do I return 503 status in plain HTML sites?

I'm on a Linux box with Apache.

Check this answer on ServerFault: serverfault.com/questions/53061/… — Jonathan
– Jonathan, Commented Jan 17, 2012 at 14:06

Sato · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-17 14:01:51Z

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You have to set the status code on the sever and not in your HTML files.

answered Jan 17, 2012 at 14:01

Sato

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Exactly. If the server is able to send HTML files to the user, it is not temporarily unavailable by definition!