404 Question Part 2

Thanks, I think that is the most helpful someone has been regarding this
thread, I will search for smart error 404 pages.

This is what I tried in my htaccess file, but it didn't work

ErrorDocument 404 <!--# include
virtual="http://www.url.com/beta/page.cgi?&&HTTP_REFERER&&"-->
I was hoping as an example, if someone types in
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.someurl.com/beta/jdhdghsu.htm" target="_blank">http://www.someurl.com/beta/jdhdghsu.htm</a> and that page didn't exist, they
would go to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.someurl.com/beta/page.cgi?jdhdghsu.htm" target="_blank">http://www.someurl.com/beta/page.cgi?jdhdghsu.htm</a>

I'll see if I can find some information on the smart error 404 pages.





"Jezebel" <grocer.RemoveThis@play.net> wrote in message
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 > Perhaps it was merely implied in the previous thread, but the answer is
yes.
 > Create your 404 page as ASP, CGI or whatever you want to write it in, and
do
 > whatever you like: in your case, redirect to page.cgi with the requested
URL
 > as argument. 'Include' is maybe not the simplest way to do it, but it
would
 > work.
 >
 > If you want sample code, do a Google for 'smart' error404 pages: there are
 > examples on all the web page code sites I've looked at.
 >
 >
 > "(a)" <nospam.RemoveThis@spam.com> wrote in message
 > news:Vxoeb.40954$O85.34210@pd7tw1no...
  > > The last thread kind of went off on a tangent, so I'll pose the question
  > > below again. This is not to mess up the search engines because none of
 > the
  > > 404 pages are linked to one another. Instead, I just want to give the
 > user
  > > the appearance that the page he requested is still up and running and
not
  > > give him the appearance of a broken link.
  > >
  > > So I kindly ask again, is there a way to have some code that if someone
 > goes
  > > to a page that is a
  > > 404, it runs an SSI.
  > >
<font color=green>  > > As an example, if someone went to the webpage <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.url.com/test1.shtml,</font" target="_blank">www.url.com/test1.shtml,</font</a>>
the
  > > 404 would load the following:
  > >
  > > <!--#include virtual="page.cgi?test1.shtml" -->
  > >
  > > On the other hand, if someone went to the webpage
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.url.com/test2.shtml," target="_blank">www.url.com/test2.shtml,</a>
  > > the 404 would load the following:
  > >
  > > <!--#include virtual="page.cgi?test2.shtml" -->
  > >
  > > Thanks
  > >
  > >
 >
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On Wed, 01 Oct 2003 00:30:38 GMT, (a) <nospam.DeleteThis@spam.com> wrote:

 > Thanks, I think that is the most helpful someone has been regarding this
 > thread, I will search for smart error 404 pages.
 >
 > This is what I tried in my htaccess file, but it didn't work
 >
 > ErrorDocument 404 <!--# include
 > virtual="http://www.url.com/beta/page.cgi?&&HTTP_REFERER&&"-->
 > I was hoping as an example, if someone types in
 > <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.someurl.com/beta/jdhdghsu.htm" target="_blank">http://www.someurl.com/beta/jdhdghsu.htm</a> and that page didn't exist, they
<font color=purple> > would go to <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.someurl.com/beta/page.cgi?jdhdghsu.htm</font" target="_blank">http://www.someurl.com/beta/page.cgi?jdhdghsu.htm</font</a>>
 >
 > I'll see if I can find some information on the smart error 404 pages.

Just put in your .htaccess file:

ErrorDocument 404 404.shtml

.... and then put all that include crap in the 404.shtml page This will
send the 404 and also allow you to pick up where the error left off. The
&&REQUEST_URI&& variable will hold the path and page the user was trying
to get to.

Grey

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(a) wrote:

 > The last thread kind of went off on a tangent, so I'll pose the question
 > below again. This is not to mess up the search engines because none of the
 > 404 pages are linked to one another. Instead, I just want to give the user
 > the appearance that the page he requested is still up and running and not
 > give him the appearance of a broken link.
 >
 > So I kindly ask again, is there a way to have some code that if someone goes
 > to a page that is a
 > 404, it runs an SSI.
 >
 > As an example, if someone went to the webpage <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.url.com/test1.shtml," target="_blank">www.url.com/test1.shtml,</a> the
 > 404 would load the following:
 >
 > <!--#include virtual="page.cgi?test1.shtml" -->
 >
<font color=purple> > On the other hand, if someone went to the webpage <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.url.com/test2.shtml,</font" target="_blank">www.url.com/test2.shtml,</font</a>>
 > the 404 would load the following:
 >
 > <!--#include virtual="page.cgi?test2.shtml" -->
Make this your error document:

<?php
echo "<!--#include virtual=\"page.cgi?" .
substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 1) . "\" -->";
?>

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Thanks for the code. The only thing is that it changed the url in the
address box to the php file.

I'd like to keep the address field to show whatever url the surfer actually
requested.

Someone else suggested adding this to the htaccess.

RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} ! -f
RewriteRule ^(.*) <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.yourdomain.com/pathtofile/page.cgi?$1" target="_blank">http://www.yourdomain.com/pathtofile/page.cgi?$1</a> [R,L]

I did this, but the error that came up was RewriteCond: bad flag delimiters

The administrator for the hosting company said that the mod rewrite doesn't
like "! -f" being used

Any thoughts on how to correct the syntax?



"David Venn-Brown" <davidvb.TakeThisOut@notmydomain.com> wrote in message
news:3fseb.99$MZ5.2761@nnrp1.ozemail.com.au...
 > (a) wrote:
 >
  > > The last thread kind of went off on a tangent, so I'll pose the question
  > > below again. This is not to mess up the search engines because none of
the
  > > 404 pages are linked to one another. Instead, I just want to give the
user
  > > the appearance that the page he requested is still up and running and
not
  > > give him the appearance of a broken link.
  > >
  > > So I kindly ask again, is there a way to have some code that if someone
goes
  > > to a page that is a
  > > 404, it runs an SSI.
  > >
<font color=green>  > > As an example, if someone went to the webpage <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.url.com/test1.shtml,</font" target="_blank">www.url.com/test1.shtml,</font</a>>
the
  > > 404 would load the following:
  > >
  > > <!--#include virtual="page.cgi?test1.shtml" -->
  > >
  > > On the other hand, if someone went to the webpage
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://www.url.com/test2.shtml," target="_blank">www.url.com/test2.shtml,</a>
  > > the 404 would load the following:
  > >
  > > <!--#include virtual="page.cgi?test2.shtml" -->
 > Make this your error document:
 >
 > <?php
 > echo "<!--#include virtual=\"page.cgi?" .
 > substr($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], 1) . "\" -->";
 > ?>
 >
 > ... should give you want you need.
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"\(a\)" <nospam.DeleteThis@spam.com> wrote in message news:<Vxoeb.40954$O85.34210@pd7tw1no>...
 > The last thread kind of went off on a tangent, so I'll pose the question
 > below again. This is not to mess up the search engines because none of the
 > 404 pages are linked to one another. Instead, I just want to give the user
 > the appearance that the page he requested is still up and running and not
 > give him the appearance of a broken link.

All you need to do is drop a .htaccess file into the root of your
directory structure with this line:

ErrorDocument 404 <a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://myserver/mypage.html" target="_blank">http://myserver/mypage.html</a>


You can add all the other error codes and can also display other
options rather than redirecting. Just check the .htaccess apache docs

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