Custom 404 page

[paulmann]

I'm having trouble setting up a custom 404 (not found) page.

In the control panel there is a icon for amending error pages and I choose the 404 option. It opens a text editor and at the bottom it says "save as ... 404.shtml". The help files say I can change the extension so I change it to 404.php because I want the 404 page to run a script:

<?php
require 'start.php';
print "<h1>Sorry...... etc ";
require 'end.php';
?>

The reason is that start and end contain the basic setup of the website.

Whatever I do, typing in a non existent page brings up a blank page with:

<!--
-->

Can anyone help?

[mdlp]

Forget about using cPanel. Write your custom error page and store it somewhere, I use a folder called errors where all my error pages are stored.

Then edit your .htaccess file to relfect this ie add this line:

ErrorDocument 404 /errors/404.php
Don't forget to comment out or delete any referance to 404.shtml if it's present.

[paulmann]

Thanks mdlp. That was easier than using the control panel.

But now I have another problem!

If I browse to a non-existent page like this:

http://www.wooden-heart.co.uk/dud

it works fine. But if I do this:

http://www.wooden-heart.co.uk/dud/ (note the / at the end) it doesn't pick up the css sheet. Also, all the links are now like "..../dud/index.php" (which, of course, doesn't exist).

The file 404.php file requests start.php and end.php. These 3 files are all in the same directory. However, start.php contains the html link to style/default.css which is in the folder called style.

Any idea how to solve?

[flesso]

You need to add a '/' at the beginning of the paths to all the CSS files. That should fix it.

So:

<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="whitered" href="style/whitered.css" />

Would become:

<link rel="alternate stylesheet" type="text/css" media="screen" title="whitered" href="/style/whitered.css" />

I've made the added slash bold.

[paulmann]

Thanks. I've added / to the start of each link and it works now!

[mdlp]

Originally Posted by paulmann

Thanks. I've added / to the start of each link and it works now!

Glad you've got it sorted

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Cheers Martyn

[flesso]

Originally Posted by paulmann

Thanks. I've added / to the start of each link and it works now!

Glad to hear it.

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