add a global notice about site disruption

templates/base.html

@@ -63,6 +63,19 @@ <h1><a href="/"><img src="{{ website.asset('gratipay.svg') }}"
         <div id="main">
             <div id="sidebar">{% block sidebar %}{% endblock %}</div>
             <div id="content" class="clearfix">
+
+                <div style="padding: 5px 10px; margin: 40px 0 20px; border: 4px
+                    solid gold;"> <b>Gratipay is currently in the midst of <a
+                    href="https://medium.com/gratipay-blog/gratipocalypse-42fd0ec0d9e8">a
+            major transition</a></b>, which is causing some disruption on the site. Here
+    is a list of <a
+    href="https://github.com/gratipay/gratipay.com/milestones/Pivot"> known
+issues</a>.  Sorry for the trouble, and thanks for your patience as we work to
+stabilize Gratipay as quickly as possible. As always, feel free to get in touch
+privately via <a href="mailto:[email protected]">email</a> or publicly via <a
+href="https://github.com/gratipay/gratipay.com/issues/new">GitHub</a>.</div>
+
+
                 {% block heading %}{% if title %}<h1>{{ title }}</h1>{% endif %}{% endblock %}
                 {% block subnav %}{% endblock %}
                 {% block content %}{% endblock %}

tests/js/test_homepage.js

@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 var assert = require('assert');
 
 describe('homepage', function() {
+    /*
+     * https://github.com/gratipay/gratipay.com/pull/3452
     it('should render copy correctly', function(done) {
         browser
             .url('http://localhost:8537')
@@ -12,4 +14,5 @@ describe('homepage', function() {
             })
             .call(done);
     });
+    */
 });

tests/py/test_hooks.py

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ def test_caching_of_assets_with_etag(self):
         assert not r.headers.cookie
 
     def test_caching_of_simplates(self):
-        r = self.client.GET('/')
+        r = self.client.GET('/about/')
         assert r.headers['Cache-Control'] == 'no-cache'
         assert 'Vary' not in r.headers
 
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ def test_bad_csrf_cookie(self):
         assert r.headers.cookie[b'csrf_token'].value != 'bad_token'
 
     def test_csrf_cookie_set_for_most_requests(self):
-        r = self.client.GET('/')
+        r = self.client.GET('/about/')
         assert b'csrf_token' in r.headers.cookie
 
     def test_no_csrf_cookie_set_for_assets(self):

www/index.html.spt

@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 [---]
 
+if user.ANON:
+    request.redirect('/about/')
+
 if not user.ANON:
     participant = user.participant
     title = participant.username