ability to temp disable create

app/index.rb

@@ -80,6 +80,8 @@ get '/?' do
     @blog_feed_html = SimpleCache.get :blog_feed_html
   end
 
+  @create_disabled = defined?(BlackBox.create_disabled?) && BlackBox.create_disabled?(request)
+
   erb :index, layout: :index_layout
 end
 

views/index.erb

@@ -96,6 +96,9 @@
         <fieldset class="content">
           <h2 class="gamma">Sign up for free</h2>
           <hr />
+          <% if @create_disabled %>
+            <p>Sign up is not currently available, please try again later.</p>
+          <% else %>
             <div class="siteCreateInputs">
               <label for="create-Input">Username</label>
               <input type="text" name="prevent_autofill_username" id="prevent_autofill_username" value="" style="position:absolute; top:-2000px; left:-2000px;" />
@@ -140,10 +143,9 @@
                 </div>
               </div>
             </div>
-
+          <% end %>
         </fieldset>
       </form>
-
     <% end %>
 
   </div> <!-- end .col-50 -->