title: under construction page on index while working with WordPress on root folder
body: <p>is it possible to have a static (non-Wordpress) html page that users will see if they browse to my domain.</p>
  
  <p>at the same time, i want to be able to work on my WordPress site continue to make changes and see the results. So, browsing to <a href="http://www.mydomain.com/index.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.mydomain.com/index.php</a> would bring up my WordPress site, but <a href="http://www.mydomain.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.mydomain.com</a> would bring up the static HTML "under construction" page.</p>
  
  <p>i understand that they is plugin for this, but is it possible to do it via htacess or sth.
  like 301 redirect.</p>
  
  <p>if so how do i write it into my htaccess file?</p>
  
  <pre><code># BEGIN WordPress
  &lt;IfModule mod_rewrite.c&gt;
  RewriteEngine On
  RewriteBase //
  RewriteRule ^index\.php$ - [L]
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
  RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
  RewriteRule . /index.php [L]
  &lt;/IfModule&gt;
  
  # END WordPress
  </code></pre>