I need some server help

prime minister · Dec 18, 2003

Can someone please explain how I can make my 404 error traffic go to my main page? ie... www.primeminister.com/typo - should go to www.primeminister.com - It's a Cobalt 4 server.

Thanks

dnslife · Dec 18, 2003

Do you host it yourself in your room or do you outsource it to a hosting outfit? What operating system?

prime minister · Dec 18, 2003

It's at Terabyte and it's running Apache software. I just found some info that suggests I need to make a htaccess file with this in it:

ErrorDocument 400 /errors/badrequest.html
ErrorDocument 401 /errors/authreqd.html
ErrorDocument 403 /errors/forbid.html
ErrorDocument 404 /errors/notfound.html
ErrorDocument 500 /errors/serverr.html

I don't really understand the above.

Can't I just edit these error pages with redirect html code? Do you know where they are on a Cobalt server? There's like a million directories.

Thanks

ChaChing · Dec 18, 2003

Hey,

Its actually really easy to do. Just do the following:

create a .htaccess file and add this

ErrorDocument 404 /index.html

or you can replace .html with .php or whatever your sites done in.

Thanks,

Elefekt · Dec 18, 2003

you could also make your own 404 error page and put a redirection script in it.

prime minister · Dec 18, 2003

I tried the above but I get another error message. I'm also trying the code from the official Terabyte help page here:
http://www.tera-byte.com/htaccess.html#error_pages

But still no luck. Does anyone know where these error pages are located? I just want to edit the 404 page.

Thanks

Elefekt · Dec 18, 2003

do you have cpanel?

Crusader · Dec 18, 2003

there are no set 404 pages i believe you have to make one or it will just use the page not found the browser has

redhippo · Dec 19, 2003

this might help:

Useful "Page not found" error pages : evolt.org, IA/Usability
... I originally set up a .cgi script to be called when an error occured by simply
having the .htaccess call that .cgi script for the 404 error page. ...
www.evolt.org/article/mblog/4090/4299/

or solution may be here:

easyClick 404 error detection & redirection script
... With easyClick 404, you edit your .htaccess file so that all 404 errors are pointing
to the easyClick404 PHP script. When a page not found 404 error occurs, it ...
ez-search-engine-optimization.com/reviews/ 404-file-not-found/easyclick-404.htm

good luck to your search:

prime minister · Dec 19, 2003

Thanks all.... I got it working with a .htaccess file but had to edit my access.conf file on the server with this entry:

<Directory /home/sites/site##>
Options All
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

Anthony · Dec 21, 2003

Originally posted by prime minister
Thanks all.... I got it working with a .htaccess file but had to edit my access.conf file on the server with this entry:

<Directory /home/sites/site##>
Options All
AllowOverride All
</Directory>

That's not the only way to do it, but it definitely is a way. :]

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