.htaccess config problem

How do we turn this into something more Google Sitemap friendly
please?

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.example.com/404.htm

It's what redirects to the custom 404 and it does that fine but Googs
won't have it as the server offers up a 200 OK from the headers. Googs
wants to see a 404 for security purposes, so how do I accomplish both
please, preferably without venturing into that scary land of server
configuration?

BB


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"Big Bill" wrote:

How do we turn this into something more Google Sitemap friendly
please?

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.example.com/404.htm

It's what redirects to the custom 404 and it does that fine but Googs
won't have it as the server offers up a 200 OK from the headers. Googs
wants to see a 404 for security purposes, so how do I accomplish both
please, preferably without venturing into that scary land of server
configuration?

You're using a full URL. So instead of serving up the error page with a 404
header, the server is *redirecting* to the error page instead. You don't
want that. Use "ErrorDocument 404 /404.htm" instead.

HTH,

Phil

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On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 13:26:09 GMT, Philip Ronan
<invalid (AT) invalid (DOT) invalid> wrote:

"Big Bill" wrote:

How do we turn this into something more Google Sitemap friendly
please?

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.example.com/404.htm

It's what redirects to the custom 404 and it does that fine but Googs
won't have it as the server offers up a 200 OK from the headers. Googs
wants to see a 404 for security purposes, so how do I accomplish both
please, preferably without venturing into that scary land of server
configuration?

You're using a full URL. So instead of serving up the error page with a 404
header, the server is *redirecting* to the error page instead. You don't
want that. Use "ErrorDocument 404 /404.htm" instead.

HTH,

Phil

Ta Phil, I'll give it a try.

BB

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Hi Bill

I found that having a custom 404 error page caused the google sitemap
verification to fail.

I disabled the custom error page and then verified the google sitemap.

When verified I then re-set the custom error page.

All seems OK to date.

Regards
Vance - Bristol




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"Big Bill" <kruse (AT) cityscape (DOT) co.uk> wrote

How do we turn this into something more Google Sitemap friendly
please?

ErrorDocument 404 http://www.example.com/404.htm

It's what redirects to the custom 404 and it does that fine but Googs
won't have it as the server offers up a 200 OK from the headers. Googs
wants to see a 404 for security purposes, so how do I accomplish both
please, preferably without venturing into that scary land of server
configuration?

BB


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On Fri, 02 Dec 2005 16:36:30 GMT, "Vance" <vgr (AT) vhsholdings (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi Bill

I found that having a custom 404 error page caused the google sitemap
verification to fail.

I disabled the custom error page and then verified the google sitemap.

When verified I then re-set the custom error page.

All seems OK to date.

Regards
Vance - Bristol

I'm trying that myself, ta.

BB
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