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#1 2006-12-28 13:38:29
- sbo
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Page 404
Hello,
It often happens that i add or erase some documents stored in the ‘files’ folder; search engines index those documents and when they change or disappear, visitors get 404 error page.
I have Textpattern 4.0.3 with a customised CSS stylesheet (http://andreasviklund.com).
I wanted to have a clean 404 error page, with a specific style, not just an error message on a blank page.
The solution i chose consist in a HTML permanent redirection in the ‘error_default’ page (sections) to a section i called 404 with a linked article, and a specific CSS style.
This solution works perfectly fine and allow me to have a 404 error page looking like other pages of my website.
What do you think ? Is there any easier or “cleaner” solution to do that ?
Thank you,
Stephane.
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Re: Page 404
txp4.0.4 offers a customizable 404 page. the ‘cleanest’ solution is to upgrade:)
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Re: Page 404
He already has that colak. I think he is more interested about the redirect aspect of it.
The solution i chose consist in a HTML permanent redirection in the ‘error_default’ page (sections) to a section i called 404 with a linked article, and a specific CSS style.
If you redirect every 404 error, that means you are not sending a 404 HTTP error to the client. but a 30x response. While people usually won’t care, bots or search-engines will. ALso: There isn’t really any benefit with that appraoch, since you can put arbritrary content and styling into error_default, or better yet into “error_404”, so other errors will get a different error-page.
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#4 2006-12-28 15:55:01
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Re: Page 404
I have tried to fill the ‘default-error’ page with something close to the ‘default’ page code; but it does not work; the page comes out with no CSS style.
I do not have by default a ‘error_404’ page (?).
Correct me if i’m wrong, but to send a ’404 HTTP error’, all i have to do is to add a special code at the very begining of the script of the page; right ?
Thanks a lot for your help.
Stephane.
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Re: Page 404
sbo wrote:
Hello,
I have Textpattern 4.0.3 with a customised CSS stylesheet (http://andreasviklund.com).
colak wrote:
txp4.0.4 offers a customizable 404 page. the ‘cleanest’ solution is to upgrade:)
Sencer wrote:
He already has that colak. I think he is more interested about the redirect aspect of it.
Hi sencer
I thought he was clear regarding using 4.0.3
Last edited by colak (2006-12-28 16:52:38)
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#6 2006-12-28 17:20:06
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Re: Page 404
- Make sure error_default has the tags error_status and error_message. The rest can be customized.
- Make a new page called error_404, and customize it however you like.
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#7 2006-12-28 18:46:59
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Re: Page 404
Can you give me more details about the tags error_status and error_message ? Sorry to ask, but i only have a limited knowledge of TXP.
If i make a ‘error_404’ page, i have the same problem; i do not manage to customize this page as i would like to.
I would like this page to act as a normal page of the website, by using a page template, a CSS style, a section and an article linked to it.
I do not know if i make myself clear (sorry for my poor english).
Thanks again.
Stephane.
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#8 2006-12-28 18:53:25
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Re: Page 404
error_default and error_404 can be fully customized like other Textpattern pages, but because of all the places error_default is used, it’s best that it always have those two tags mentioned.
error_404 would only be used for 404 Not Found error messages, so you can either use the two tags mentioned, and/or customize the text on it as much as you like. If you want to use a specific article for your 404 page, rather than enter the text directly in the page template, you can do that too: article_custom
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#9 2006-12-28 19:33:53
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Re: Page 404
Can you tell me how to make the ‘error_404’ page use a specific CSS style i have created in the ‘style’ section ?
Thank you!
Stéphane.
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#10 2006-12-28 19:44:33
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Re: Page 404
You can create a section ‘error’, assign page template error_404 to it, and your default or another style sheet. On the page you can use <txp:article_custom id="..." form="..." /> to display your error message article. This worked for me, see for instance here. In my article I put something like “The requested page, http://site.com<txp:page_url />, does not exist. Blah blah…”
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#11 2006-12-28 22:26:44
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Re: Page 404
Thank you Els; unfortunately, this is exactly my problem; it does not work with my page. The page template work, but not the CSS style.
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#12 2006-12-28 22:33:35
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Re: Page 404
Did you create the CSS in Presentation > Style? Then it should work. Otherwise, if you have a separate file, like yoursite.com/yourstyle.css, then you can replace the <txp:css /> tag in the head of your page template with the location of the file: http://yoursite.com/yourstyle.css.
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