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Maria · 2007-11-10, 09:20 AM

Hi, I was doing some searching myself a while ago and read this article on webmasterworld.com about the correct format for redirecting a 404 error.
One of the things I read was this :

<<An errorDocument directive specifies what file to serve when each particular error number occurs in the server. You must NOT include the http:// or point to another server, otherwise you will NOT get the correct http error code sent back (404 will be returned as 302 in fact).>>

Hope this helps.

In my case I have:
ErrorDocument 404 /404.html

Else your 404 will look like a redirect to Google and other searchengines

2007-11-10, 09:20 AM	#4
Maria Aw, Dad, you've done a lot of great things, but you're a very old man, and old people are useless Join Date: Aug 2006 Posts: 25	Hi, I was doing some searching myself a while ago and read this article on webmasterworld.com about the correct format for redirecting a 404 error. One of the things I read was this : <<An errorDocument directive specifies what file to serve when each particular error number occurs in the server. You must NOT include the http:// or point to another server, otherwise you will NOT get the correct http error code sent back (404 will be returned as 302 in fact).>> Hope this helps. In my case I have: ErrorDocument 404 /404.html Else your 404 will look like a redirect to Google and other searchengines