# Why?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why/253171>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [February 27, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why/253171 "2008-02-27T21:15:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Timmytots](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc8723/32.png) [@Timmytots](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Timmytots)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2008, 9:15pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/why/253171/1 "2008-02-27T21:15:46Z")

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Why do people do an ‘under construction’ homepage? Why don’t they just leave their current site up and just change it when they’ve made a new one?

e.g.:

[http://www.mesign.nl/](http://www.mesign.nl/)