If you need to stop a website (i.e. make it unavailable to the internet), you can do so via your Cloud Control panel
- Select Websites from the left side of the panel
- Hit the red Stop button to the left of the website in question
- Hit the green Start button to re-enable the site
For Windows (IIS) websites, you can also start/stop/recycle the application pool
- Select Websites from the left side of the panel
- Select Manage next for the website in question
- Hit the Stop App Pool button under the General Settings tab (It will say Start App Pool if it has already been stopped)
- You can also use the Recycle App Pool button to restart the service
