redirect 404 to other website using htaccess, possible?

Discussion in 'Apache' started by jeremynet, Oct 14, 2008.

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    Hey gang,

    is it possible to redirect 404 error page to another website using htaccess?

    example.. http://a.com 404 to http://b.com

    thanks
     
    jeremynet, Oct 14, 2008 IP
  2. seismic2

    seismic2 Peon

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    If you are asking about redirecting users to http://b.com when a 404 error occurs, it's possible.

    But in that case, it will not return a 404 error code, rather a 200 Found code.

    Add this to your .htaccess at http://a.com :
    ErrorDocument 404 http://b.com
    Code (markup):
     
    seismic2, Oct 15, 2008 IP
  3. jeremynet

    jeremynet Active Member

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    Thanks .. !
     
    jeremynet, Oct 15, 2008 IP