http-status-code-404

HTML and CSS in URLs causing 404 errors (User Agent = Trident/4.0)

I've been getting some 404s with snippets of code (CSS, HTML and JavaScript) in the URL. As best as I can tell the user is progressing through the site just fine during their session - its an ecommerce site and the effected users are putting stuff in their basket and checking out OK etc. On certain pages I'm see 404 errors adjacent to ...

Debugging IIS 404

I have serveral ASP.NET web sites running on a web server with IIS. All sites work fine when accessed with browser. Recently I wrote a simple .NET application that tests the availability of the sites, via making simple HttpRequests. This application return 404 error for some of the sites, even though sites can be accessed via browser. F...

How to solve a "HTTP Error 404.3 - Not Found" error?

Simple problem. I start up VS2008 and create a new WCF Service application. This will create a default application with a few test methods showing it works. I press CTRL+F5 and it does indeed work! Great! However, it uses the Visual Studio Development server, which I don't want to support. So I go to the project properties, switch to us...

How can I set up .htaccess to redirect missing pages to dev site?

I have a couple of sites in development, which are linking to each other. What I'd like to do before they are launched is have any missing files on the live sites redirect to the dev sites. http://www.example.com/test/here.html Would take you to: http://dev.example.com/test/here.html http://www.example.com/index.html woul...

What technical features could I include in my 404 File Not Found error handling page?

I have a custom 404 error handling page It looks up the URL in a database table and redirects if there is a suitable target. URLs are logged, together with the Redirect provided (if any) and our App has an Admin report to show which URLs are getting caught, allowing Client to set up more etc. We have a single, specific, Images folder,...

redirecting to homepage rather than 404 error page!

Hi friends, I'm working with PHP. I have an .htaccess file like below, and it redirects to homepage rather than 404 error page :/ what can be the problem here? Appreciate helps! thanks a lot! ErrorDocument 404 /new/err404.html RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /new/ RewriteRule ^login.html$ index.php?s=login&a=loginDo [QSA,L] RewriteRule ...

Check for files (robots.txt, favicon.ico) to a website php

I would like to check to a remote website if it contains some files. Eg. robots.txt, or favicon.ico. Of course the files should be accessible (read mode). So if the website is: http://www.example.com/ I would like to check if http://www.example.com/robots.txt. I tried fetching the URL like http://www.example.com/robots.txt. And sometim...

404 error dijit.Editor

Hello, I am getting an HTTP Status 404 in the content section of a dijit.Editor. The error only occurs in Internet Explorer. I am using the version of dojo that comes with the newest version of MyEclipse when Spring capabilities are added. Has anyone else run into this? Thanks, Dean ...

Apache web-server config, what is redirecting me and how can I change it

Background: I inherited a web server that serves up files from /var/www/html. The server used to serve up files from the following locations: /var/www/html/alpha/index.php /var/www/html/bravo/index.php /var/www/html/charlie/index.php You could get to these sites from the web using: http://apples.mysite.edu/alpha http://apples.mysite....

Development web server fires Application_Error on 404, why doesn't IIS7?

I'm using Application_Error to catch some legacy URLs and URL shortcuts. In Global.vb I have this code: Sub Application_Error(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As EventArgs) Dim serverError = TryCast(Server.GetLastError(), HttpException) If serverError IsNot Nothing Then Dim errorCode As Integer = serverErr...

Why is my catch all not being executed?

I have a Map Route "Catch All", "{*catchall}", new {controller = "Error", action="NotFound"} which doesn't get executed. This Map Route is preceded by two more routes for Error and NotFound. My local environment gets executed just fine. However, another development machine doesn't and I am getting default 404 error page from inetpub. Can...

404 Error messages in django

I have a project that I am working on in django. There are a lot of instances where I: raise Http404("this is an error") and it creates a nice 404 page for me with the error message "this is an error" written on it. I now want to create a custom error page and have it still display the message, but I can't figure out how. I'm sure it'...

PHP navigate to error page

In my website, website.com/downloads actually goes to website.com/index.php?page=downloads (with apache rewriting). I have a custom 404 not found error page set. If I do website.com/dkfjf/fdf, It goes to the 404 error, but If I do website.com/something, it goes to index.php?page=something, so then in my index.php, how can I make it just ...

Is a "404 redirect" a legitimate redirect?

I have a situation where some users may come to mistyped pages, from links, etc. In most situations I can determine the correct page that should be displayed, so I want to redirect to the correct URL. Is a 301 Redirect appropriate in this case. 301 means "Moved Permanently", but in this case the document wasn't there in the first place....

How Can I Deal With Those Dead Links After Revamping My Web Site?

Couple of months ago, we revamped our web site. We adopted totally new site structure, specifically merged several pages into one. Everything looks charming. However, there are lots of dead links which produce a large number of 404 errors. So how can I do with it? If I leave it alone, could it bite back someday, say eating up my pr? On...

In a database driven web app, what should the user see when the database is unavailable?

If a web application relies on a database to serve dynamic content and that content is unavailable for whatever reason (database server down, etc.), what is the preferred method for handling this scenario? Redirect the visitor to a custom 404 page? Display the page anyway but include some sort of error message where the content would o...

Sharepoint 404 error after renaming subsite

I renamed a Sharepoint site directory site from "Sites" to "Team Sites" and then back again. Now whenever I try to access it, or any of its subsites, I get the error HTTP/1.1 404 Connection: close Date: Wed, 04 Nov 2009 13:08:59 GMT Server: Microsoft-IIS/6.0 X-Powered-By: ASP.NET MicrosoftSharePointTeamServices: 12.0.0.6219 I'd be quit...

Can Apache serve a default file instead of a 404?

We have Apache serving a set of files from a particular directory. If a file requested in that directory does not exist, can I make Apache return a default file - instead of a 404? If so, how? ...

404 error in IIS 7.5 when redirecting in a frame.

I have IIS 7.5 on my Windows 7 x64 system. I have installed and properly configured IIS to allow me to run ASP.NET and Classic ASP. For some reason though, when i do a redirect from an ASP.NET page to a classic asp page I get a 404 error. I know the page is there. If I copy and paste the URL of the classic ASP page into the address b...

External form causing wordpress 404 error

I have a file outside a Wordpress install that contains a form that submits to itself. I can access and fill the form out, without validation the form submits and reloads as expected, but when using javascript to submit the form I receive a Wordpress 404. The URL of the file stays the same when receiving the 404, if I refresh the page ...