Patent ID: 8453213

Claim:
A system, comprising: A) at least one server computer communicatively coupled to a network, said at least one server computer hosting a website by storing at least one file in at least one folder or at least one directory of said at least one server computer; B) a database server computer communicatively coupled to said at least one server computer, the database server storing at least one database including a plurality of database tables; and C) at least one website management server computer communicatively coupled to said network, said at least one website management server computer hosting a control panel website configured to: i) receive a request to lock said website, ii) responsive to receiving said request to lock, change an access permission on a filesystem of the at least one server computer to a read-only status for said at least one directory, said at least one folder, or said at least one file, and iii) responsive to receiving said request to lock, change an access permission of at least one of the plurality of database tables to a read-only status that enables concurrent queries of said at least one of the plurality of database tables.