diff --git a/docs/maintenance.html b/docs/maintenance.html
index d626843c9..790b1f4df 100644
--- a/docs/maintenance.html
+++ b/docs/maintenance.html
@@ -3,11 +3,30 @@
 <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
 	<head>
 		<title>Site Down For Maintenance</title>
+		<style type="text/css">
+			.text {
+				position: absolute; 
+				z-index: 10; 
+				font-family: georgia, verdana, helvetica, arial, sans-serif; 
+				font-weight: bold;
+				color: white; 
+				top: 40%; 
+				width: 95%; 
+				text-align: center; 
+				text-shadow: black 2px 2px 2px; /* safari */
+				filter:progid:DXImageTransform.Microsoft.dropshadow(offX=1, offY=1, color='black', positive='true') /* ie */
+				}
+			.header {
+				font-size: 30px;
+				}
+
+		</style>
 	</head>
 	<body>
-		<h1>Maintenance</h1>
-		<p>
-		This site is currently undergoing maintenance. Please check back again shortly.
-		</p>
+		<div class="text">
+			<div class="header">Maintenance</div>
+			<p> This site is currently undergoing maintenance. Please check back again shortly.  </p>
+		</div>
+		<img src="/extras/background.jpg" border="0" style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%; z-index: 5;" />
 	</body>
 </html>
diff --git a/www/extras/background.jpg b/www/extras/background.jpg
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index 000000000..13469119c
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