Quote from Ronnel DC Check out my site -> http://www.sphere.rqdc.net/

here's the solution:

put this on your .htaccess file :
RedirectMatch permanent ^/$ http://www.sphere.rqdc.net/sign-in
above this line -> RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !/ow_updates/index\.php

Hope it helps :)

Cheers,
Ronnel