It is technically possible to "override" what the browser displays when it receives an HTTP code of 404 by actually sending back 200 with a catch-all page that simply says "404-not found. Please try here etc" at the top of it.
This, of course, isn't really a "404" at all, but it is prettier than letting the browser deal with what to display. For a prime example, go to www.yahoo.com/totally_non_existant_directory/index.html I completely made up that URL, but Yahoo still gives you something pretty. ~Brad -----Original Message----- From: Phillip Vector [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 11:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: 404's What???? Do you know what a 404 page is? It's on the server. You don't use IE to change it unless you are talking a web based control panel (and even then, that's specific to what kind of web package you have). So... the short answer is... Depends. On Thu, May 8, 2008 at 9:20 AM, Jenny Gavin-Wear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the replies ... > > Would it be possible to change the default 404 page in IE? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacob [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 08 May 2008 16:59 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: 404's > > > You need to put the original files back and 301 them to the new files. > > You can also use ISAPI rewrite. > > I would not redirect all 404's to one page. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jenny Gavin-Wear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 9:19 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: 404's > > I've just done a big update on a site and, of course, the files names and > structure has all changed. > > I've been looking for ways to handle the 404 problems, especially for SEO. > > I host several sites on the same IIS server, running CF 7, so I'm reluctant > to use the server wide 404 mapping in CF Admin. > > What other options do I have? If I could just redirect all 404's to one > page per site, it would be a good start, but is there some way I could keep > a single file with a list of the old/new file mappings and have the browser > redirected to the right place? > > TIA, Jenny > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:304913 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
