301 Redirect Question

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by twalters84, Aug 10, 2009.

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    Greetings,

    I had a problem with my site earlier. It has been resolved, but it got me thinking a little bit about 301 redirects.

    301 usually says this page has been moved permanently.

    What if somebody types some random URL on your domain and lands on a page that does not exist?

    Is there a way to create a "catch-all-page" that the user would goto automatically? For instance, if the page does not exist, transfer the user to the home page?

    Thanks for any information about this. I think having a script that does this would be much better than the error page the user sees.

    Sincerely,
    Travis Walters
     
    twalters84, Aug 10, 2009 IP
  2. Vedic Warrior

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    Just customize your 404 page through .htaccess file at the root.

    Just add these lines to .htaccess file
    ErrorDocument 404 /notfound.html
    Code (markup):
    and then customize the notfound.html file, as for your liking.
     
    Last edited: Aug 10, 2009
    Vedic Warrior, Aug 10, 2009 IP