[wolfe]

nice also used this to do a 500 error page

[apokphp]

Can't get this to work (I'm using 4.0.5). This is the error message I get:

Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/apokodn/public_html/404.php on line 32

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/apokodn/public_html/404.php on line 32

This is apparently the code in question:

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I can change my .htaccess and use your link (to your 404.php) and it works fine. But with my own link to my own 404.php file, I get errors.

This is my .htaccess file:

<Files 403.shtml>
order allow,deny
allow from all
</Files>

deny from 128.241.46.107
deny from 199.67.140.154
deny from 199.67.140.83
deny from 209.136.124.178
deny from 24.255.4.133
deny from 65.73.24.110
deny from 68.0.166.100
deny from 68.105.138.218
deny from 68.111.15.15
deny from 68.226.22.66
deny from 68.231.184.133
deny from 68.231.185.12
deny from 68.231.185.219
deny from 68.231.189.51
deny from 69.9.30.7
deny from 72.211.152.125
deny from 72.211.156.96
deny from 72.211.157.157

RewriteEngine On
ErrorDocument 404 http://www.onlinedebate.net/404.php

ErrorDocument 403 /403.shtml

ErrorDocument 500 /500.shtml

RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://onlinedebate.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://onlinedebate.net$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.onlinedebate.net/.*$ [NC]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://www.onlinedebate.net$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.()$ - [F,NC]

[ALBCODERS]

Try this :

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I dont have 4.0.5 my last version is 4.0.3

[apokphp]

This is the error I get now:

Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/apokodn/public_html/404.php on line 11

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/apokodn/public_html/404.php on line 11

[apokphp]

I suspect the issue is w/ the global. I recall reading in another thread that 4.0.5 does something differently in its global calls.

[River J]

there's easier ways to do this

[GamerUnguided]

i did this but the only problem is it logs the user out :/

[SPEEDKILLZ]

What Would This Be Used for?

[ozzy47]

What’s the use?
On a 404 page usually you want to let people know something went wrong and the page they wanted to see is not available.
But after you let him know what just happened, an advantage the 404 page offers is that you are able to suggest other pages he might want to see or give him instructions to get to an active page. Using a customized 404 page, visitors won’t get confused and leave the website not knowing what happened. If you decide not to have a customized 404 page you should know that a non-customized 404 page can look not so friendly.

Customized 404 Pages and Search Engines
Search engines also can benefit from a 404 page. Imagine that a link is broken and it leads to a non-existent page. At this point search engines can’t go any further and won’t index content. If you choose to have a customized 404 page even though a page is broken search engines will see a page that can be indexed and can find links to pages that could benefit from a crawling. This is an SEO benefit!

404 Pages bring credibility
Having a non-customized 404 page looks unfriendly. But imagine a scenario where a visitor ends up on the 404 page and is shown a nice image, some instructions and links to other pages he might be interested in. He will thing that you really care about his experience on your website and probably he will go to a page you suggested and won’t leave your website or hit the back button

[RichieBoy67]

Originally Posted by ozzy47

What’s the use?
On a 404 page usually you want to let people know something went wrong and the page they wanted to see is not available.
But after you let him know what just happened, an advantage the 404 page offers is that you are able to suggest other pages he might want to see or give him instructions to get to an active page. Using a customized 404 page, visitors won’t get confused and leave the website not knowing what happened. If you decide not to have a customized 404 page you should know that a non-customized 404 page can look not so friendly.

Customized 404 Pages and Search Engines
Search engines also can benefit from a 404 page. Imagine that a link is broken and it leads to a non-existent page. At this point search engines can’t go any further and won’t index content. If you choose to have a customized 404 page even though a page is broken search engines will see a page that can be indexed and can find links to pages that could benefit from a crawling. This is an SEO benefit!

404 Pages bring credibility
Having a non-customized 404 page looks unfriendly. But imagine a scenario where a visitor ends up on the 404 page and is shown a nice image, some instructions and links to other pages he might be interested in. He will thing that you really care about his experience on your website and probably he will go to a page you suggested and won’t leave your website or hit the back button

This is what I am using for now and this is very easy, no mod needed. I have had Bf easy pages installed for years for my Privacy statement and TOS so I just used it for a simple html error page and added it into my htaccess. I am using just one error page right now for all the errors but I will make more pages when i have time.

You guys are so right about the importance of this. I had created a bunch of error pages years ago and ended up losing them after theme and script upgrades. i have been doing without them until a couple days ago. It was pretty stupid of me to not have those when I had so many broken urls, etc from Vbseo removal.

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[Spangle]

Works on 4.2.2 PL1, if you use the second php code

[DreadsUK]

Originally Posted by Spangle

Works on 4.2.2 PL1, if you use the second php code

Which one? its confusing.

[ForceHSS]

Originally Posted by apokphp

This is the error I get now:

If you are getting this error it means you have not uploaded the file to the correct place it should go into your root or edited the php file correctly

Warning: require_once(./global.php) [function.require-once]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/apokodn/public_html/404.php on line 11

Fatal error: require_once() [function.require]: Failed opening required './global.php' (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/apokodn/public_html/404.php on line 11

[Spangle]

Originally Posted by DreadsUK

Which one? its confusing.

This one:

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