.htaccess 404 redirection - Looking for Help

Hey guys,

I just wanted to know if there is a way I could do this algorithm. It deals with redirecting a page to a page in a folder of the same name in case of a dead page (404).

1.) If the page loads correctly, do nothing.
2.) If the page has a 404 error in http://www.domain.com/XXXXX, redirect it to http://www.domain.com/forum/XXXXX. XXXXX is often subsituted as $1 from what I know.
3.) if http://www.domain.com/forum/XXXXX is a dead link, redirect it to a 404 page.

Thanks guys.

 

1. obvious
2. it's possible
3. you'll need to do this checking from within the forum application if you have all URLs rewritten to its handler or if you mean like /forum/LOLLLLL.exe---hi/rrr

 

put this on your htaccess

ErrorDocument 404 forum/XXXXX

 

Um, alright?

Thanks for trying, but it doesn't seem to work.

 

are you sure its not working? because it does work in mine.

can you show me your htaccess?

 

Is XXXXX a variable? Because I will need that.

 

forum/XXXXX is a url... you can also put a variable on that.