I was reading through an old forum post on taking a site offline and I thought the following comment would prove very useful, I just don't understand how to implement what the person was saying... They said "you can use the app_offline.htm file to take it offline, you must rename the file BEFORE you can actually run the upgrade though."

1) Where do I find the app_offline.htm file?

2) Also, once I am able to find it, what do I do with it to take my site offline?

3)Also, why is renaming the file important and how exactly do you complete this?

OK thanks, that sounds simple enough. How do I find the root of my ASP.net application?

Sorry for posting twice. Originally when I made the post my browser was giving me problems and I uploaded the post twice without realizing what I had done. I only gave the same answer twice because people had responded to both threads so I wanted them to see my answers. Sorry again though.

In regards to your post above, I think I was able to find the root directory. I found the default.ascx file but there is no web.config file in that folder. There is only a web XML configuration file. Is this the directory you were talking about?