Thanks! I had been trying with the message type still set to 'file'.
Jim
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark A. Kruger - CFG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2004 6:38 AM
Subject: RE: IIS Custom Error Pages in CF?
> Yes you can.
>
> 1) Go into IIS properties for your site and choose the "custom errors"
tab.
> 2) Select the 404 error and choose edit.
> 3) change the "message type" from file to URL
> 4) Enter a .cfm page with a path relative to THIS site. So, for
example, if you put a "missingFile.cfm" handler in your
> root folder you would enter "missingFile.cfm" - or if it was in a folder
called Bob it would be "Bob/missingfile.cfm".
>
> This can be quite useful. I use this technique for some subscription
sites that wish to create unique URL's for their
> client subscribers. After subscribing the user is instructed to use
"blah.com/name" (i.e. blah.com/MarySmith). Of
> course the directory "MarySmith" doesn't exist so the request is
forwarded to my .cfm file handler. The file handler
> parses out "MarySmith" and sends the user to a customized page for login
or whatever.
>
> A similar trick uses a wildcard entry on a DNS server to allow a user to
go to "marySmith.blah.com" - both tricks are
> great for sales CRM tools, real estate sites and the like - any place
where you want a use to have a "personal website"
> but it actually connected to a larger group or site.
>
> -mark
>
> Mark A. Kruger, MCSE, CFG
> www.cfwebtools.com
> www.necfug.com
> http://blog.mxconsulting.com
> ...what the web can be!
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 9:03 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: OT: IIS Custom Error Pages in CF?
>
>
> I'm trying to figure out if I can use a .cfm page (or possibly an .asp
> page) for an IIS 5 custom 404 error page. I'm _not_ trying to
configure
> CF's missing template handler as done through the CF Administrator.
That
> works fine.
>
> It appears that if you designate a .cfm page for 404 errors (for
example:
> http://mysite.com/notapage.htm) then the .cfm page doesn't get sent
> through the CF engine. Can this behaviour be changed? What about
.asp
> pages - same problem? I haven't tried that route yet.
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