Patrick H. Lauke wrote:
Joseph Bernhardt wrote:
I run an apache server and utilize the .htaccess file to run a php
script on a 404 error. This php script grabs the contents of the
current uri to display information. (example:
www.joughslife.com/Rockport.html) My question is, will this have any
effect as far as usability?
One question: why not use mod_rewrite instead? It's cleaner from a
conceptual point of view, and won't send out an http status of 404.
Using the error document functionality for this seems a bit of a
perversion of its intended use...
This was my initial thought, but I am still a newbie when it comes to
this kind of thing. I researched the mod-rewrite on the apache site and
it looks overwhelmingly difficult for someone like me :). I outsource
my hosting and do not have direct access to my server. Will the
mod-rewrite be possible in this case? Also, is knowledge of Perl an
extreme must? I know very, very little Perl.
> Also, the w3c validator was unable to
recognize the page as anything other than 404; will other
spiders/bots be able to recognize content? Thank you, as always!
Not sure, but from a logical point of view, if a URL brings back a
404, the content should not really be indexed/associated with the URL...
Lindsay Evans suggested I use header("HTTP/1.1 200 OK"); in my PHP
script for the header. Do you think this would be a temporary solution
until I learn more about mod_rewrite?
Thanks as always!
Jough
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