Ideas for a simple solution to Coming Soon sign on my site till it's ready

Hello all!
I am downloading my site files for the first time from my server, over an hour now and although my site can be seen on the 'net, it's not ready. I wanted to put a Coming Soon sign to alert any viewers that my site is not yet ready for business. Any thoughts or ideas from anyone who had done this before? I have a few ideas rolling around in my head. I just wanted to get some feedback from all of you. Thanks!

You may wish to place a graphic image or notice on your Index.html page telling people the site is under construction.
Typically, I upload pages to a TEST folder on the remote server to work out any kinks first.  Then when I'm sure everything works as it should, I move them to the root folder using a 3rd party FTP ware like Cute FTP, FileZilla or WS_FTP pro.  And then I delete the TEST folder.
Nancy O.
Alt-Web Design & Publishing
Web | Graphics | Print | Media  Specialists
www.alt-web.com/
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