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only some 404's are handled by the server and have a 404 returned in the header. Then you can have a custom 404.
However, if the error url has something like /?page_id=8
then XOOPS handles it and it shows the content of the home page. This is a problem that i am trying to solve myself.
When XOOPS handls the a page that does not exist it will also show a 200 in the header and not a 404.
So if you are switching from a different cms to XOOPS and had urls like /?page_id=8 the search engines will see the same content on all you old urls.
So if someone has a fix for this so XOOPS can return a 404 in the header and a custom page... it would be helpful.
I also tried to do a 301 redirect with this typr of url and it also does not work.
I have tried this url on other XOOPS sites and it does the samething so it is not something that is only relivant to me.
I hope i explained myself clearly... i posted in this thread because it was sort of on topic.... if i should have started my own thread please advise and i will.
thanks for any help
dave