On 20 May 2020, at 13:57, Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 2020-05-20 1:23 p.m., Eric Covener wrote:
>> On Wed, May 20, 2020 at 1:10 PM Paul <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> VirtualHost on 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.13. .conf includes :
>>> DocumentRoot "/www/mysite"
>>> /.../
>>> ErrorDocument 404 /error/404.html
>>>
>>> The 404.html has :
>>> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/general.css">
>>>
>>> Works perfectly for 404s at DocumentRoot level, but fails for
>>> subdirectories eg DocumentRoot/foo/bar/mypages. Error logs show:
>>>
>>> "GET /bar/css/general.css HTTP/1.1" 404 5245 "-" etc...
>>>
>>> Apache finds the text of the custom 404 at the DocRoot reference, but
>>> apparently interprets the <link rel= as being "rel" to the missing
>>> page, so does not format the text. The client "page source" shows the
>>> correct relative path.
>
> Thanks Eric, problem solved. Wrote the styles into the html. I just wanted to
> keep the client's browser showing the file [s]he had tried to find, rather
> than /error/404.html.
You could also put the absolute path to the css file in the href.
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