I looked around the internet to see how I could make a 404 error, since a lot of people are still drawn to an old module of my site, but that's not there anymore.

Now i got the 404 file working in firefox, it redirects nicely to the frontpage.

But it doesn't work in IE, where the original server 404 shows up.

Anyone know what's up?

Thanks

Help. anyone? plzzzz?

Let me see if I understand you right - you made a custom 404 error that redirects users from one place to another page, and it works in Firefox but not IE? Can you paste the redirect code and i'll see if it works for me?

Have you tried using the module "moved" which is designed to replace modules which have been removed?

I made a .htaccess file, that shows the following code

errorDocument 404 /404.html

I also made a 404.html file, that has the following code






Now this works great in Firefox, it redirects any user going to any broken link to the frontpage. But whenever I, let's say go to http://www.burnoutpc.com/thispagedoesnotexist

it simply gives me a standard server 404

The page cannot be found
The page you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.

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Please try the following:

If you typed the page address in the Address bar, make sure that it is spelled correctly.

Open the http://www.burnoutpc.com home page, and then look for links to the information you want.
Click the Back button to try another link.
Click Search to look for information on the Internet.



HTTP 404 - File not found
Internet Explorer






btw. I won't try moved, i did that, and it messed up my previous installation of XOOPS :(

To do it with an .htaccess file, use this code:

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(changing the directories and url of course)

To do it with html inside your error page, paste this into the metatags section (between the and tags):

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In the html code, the 'CONTENT' variable is the number of seconds to delay before redirecting.