htaccess 404 partial

[ziphran]

Hi all,

Currently I am trying to enable a simple custom 404 error page via my htaccess file.

It works fine when I go to any url without a file extension on the website.

For example, www.mydomain.com/blahblah brings up my custom page just fine.

However, if i type in www.mydomain.com/blahblah.(html¦htm¦php¦asp¦etc) it leads to the standard, non-custom, 404 error page.

Anyone have any clue why this occurs?

Here is my code in htaccess:
ErrorDocument 404 / [mydomain.com...]
also used
ErrorDocument 404 / 404error.html

[jdMorgan]

Neither directive above is correct. The correct syntax is:

ErrorDocument 404 /404error.html 

Jim

[ziphran]

Sorry Jim,

I just typed them in rather quickly. Both had no space after the "/" in the statement.

Was heading out to work. I am still having this issue however.

Any other ideas Jim?

And thanks in advance!

[ziphran]

Anyone?

[g1smd]

This should work just fine:

ErrorDocument 404 /404error.html

Make sure you flush your browser cache and try again.

[ziphran]

It works.

However, it only works if I do not include a file extension in my link.

IE www.mydomain.com/blah <--- Will show custom 404
www.mydomain.com/blah/html <--- will show providers 404

[jdMorgan]

This behaviour is inexplicable -- at least on a normally-configured server with no other URL-rewriting directives or scripts involved. I suggest you ask your host about this.

Jim