Maintenance Mode: the most Genesis-friendly way?

[MastroMicio]

Hi everyone,

I have doubts about how to implement a maintenance mode to my site. I know there are plugins out there (not specific for genesis) or it's possible to achieve it by adding a function in the functions.php file, like below.

// Activate WordPress Maintenance Mode
function wp_maintenance_mode(){
    if(!current_user_can('edit_themes') || !is_user_logged_in()){
        wp_die('<h1 style="color:red">Website under Maintenance</h1><br />We are performing scheduled maintenance. We will be back online shortly!');
    }
}
add_action('get_header', 'wp_maintenance_mode');

My question is: what is the best way to implement a manually activated "maintenance mode" for the Genesis Framework? Is there a more Genesis-friendly way? If this could be achieved without a plugin, that would be better in my opinion (except if that plugin is from the studiopress team).

I could not find any specific recommendations about this in the provided documentation.

Thanks in advance!

Ben

[MastroMicio]

P.S.: It would be really nice to have a basic maintenance mode built in the Genesis Framework, a switch in the settings page.

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