Maintenance *********** To close a shop temporarily, I created a flat page, ``shop-is-closed``, inserted a URL configuration before including the standard Satchmo ones e.g: :: from satchmo_store.urls import urlpatterns # close the shop temporarily close_store_patterns = patterns('', url(r'^store/(?P.*)$', 'django.views.generic.simple.redirect_to', {'url': '/shop-is-closed/'}, 'shop_is_closed' ), ) urlpatterns = close_store_patterns + urlpatterns urlpatterns += patterns('',