Archiving a forum?

[RickyWL]

I've decided that a forum i administrate should be archived, as there is no longer much usage of it, and i wouldn't like to just abandon it and have it be taken over by spammers. I've put the forum under construction and posted a message there explaining reasons, but it changed the settings and put it back to the normal home page. Is there anyway to just have it so that only admins can log in, and that there is a message on the home page instead of the forums (Like there is when it's under construction)?
Thanks.

[Sanket]

http://help.forumotion.com/frequently-asked-questions-f5/how-to-unlock-your-forum-t35100.htm

[RickyWL]

Thank you, i didn't notice that

[Sanket]

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