I want to hide a Sharepoint web that has been deprecated (via custom means) due to the release of a newer version, whether it would be making it invisible in the sites and workspaces, or via some special archiving function provided by Sharepoint. Basically I do not wish the users to be able to see the deprecated site.
I was wondering what are the options for doing so, both programmatically or via Sharepoint utils/interfaces?
Thanks.
UPDATE:
The scenario where I want to hide the web from the users (e.g. Webv1.0 when Web2.0 is available) is a bit like, okay, I have version 2.0 of Software X downloaded and installed, and it has converted all of my data into version 2.0 format so it will be compatible with new features. As a user, I would not want to use Software X version 1.0 anymore since it is now old. Of course I would want a backup copy of my data from version 1.0, but I probably don't want to be confused by having a link here which can get me to version 1.0 of the software (and from a developer's point of view, it'll be extra unnecessary work to make version 1.0 being viewable/editable in version 2.0).
I thought of the idea of using security to only allow admins to see everything, but I want to explore other options first e.g. whether it is possible to make the link to the old site disappear programmatically.
Thanks.
