Create a Custom vBulletin "404 Page Not Found" Page, and direct vBSEO to use it.

I just changed mine a bit and added an image that I thought would be appropriate to the type of page

http://www.waltdisneyboards.com/k

I'm about to add a new one for another one of my sites and I'll share that one in this post as well

Sheesh. So, looks like it's a bit different with the forum not being in the root of the site.

Any suggestions on what I can/should do with this error?

Code:

Warning: include(/home/xxxxxxx/public_html/forums/misc.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxxxxxx/legendaryrockers.com/forums/vbseo.php on line 1550

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/xxxxxxx/public_html/forums/misc.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxxxxxx/legendaryrockers.com/forums/vbseo.php on line 1550

Okay, so now I have it working at the root, but not at the 'forums' level.

WORKING: http://www.legendaryrockers.com/k

NOT WORKING: http://www.legendaryrockers.com/forums/k

Warning: include(/home/xxxxxxx/public_html/404.php) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxxxxxx/legendaryrockers.com/forums/vbseo.php on line 1550

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/xxxxxxx/public_html/404.php' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/local/php5/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxxxxxx/legendaryrockers.com/forums/vbseo.php on line 1550

I've been using the instructions in this post: Create a Custom vBulletin "404 Page Not Found" Page, and direct vBSEO to use it.

Any suggestions?

Check your path... this is designed to work in the forums/ level. If you want to use it for root as well, you should make a 404.php in root as well and set the paths in the file correctly.

So Brian, I should have 404.php files in both the root and the forum root?

Interesting, I thought that there was a different way to do that based on Vinayak's post.

I'll give it a try.

Edit: Just decided to start working after I left it alone for awhile. Odd.

vB 3.8.4 in /forum
vbseo 3.5 RC2 Final
php 5.3.1

I'm having a blank page if I visit /forum/blah-blah-blah-but can see it perfectly when I type /forum/404.php. I've checked and double checked all my paths in the 404.php file as well as my path in vbseo cp.

I've followed the 3.x instructions in the original post and am wondering if this might be a php 5.3.1 problem? Any suggestions from those that have gotten the blank page to work would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks

Your host may have a cache/timeout on scripts like this, hence the wait time.

Originally Posted by ArnyVee

So Brian, I should have 404.php files in both the root and the forum root?

Interesting, I thought that there was a different way to do that based on Vinayak's post.

I'll give it a try.

yes, or you can make a root-level one only and address the path to your forums, and in vbseo cp setting, make sure the path is above the forums as well, ie public_html/404.php instead of public_html/forum/404.php

I am having a problem getting this to work on a windows server. I just receive a blank page.

For the file paths I am using:

D:\hc\file.php

Is the format correct?

It should be the same that is shown on your phpinfo page for DOCUMENT_ROOT

I have checked and double check everything and still get this error:

Warning: include(/home/xxx/public_html/forums/404.php ) [function.include]: failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /home/xxx/public_html/forums/vbseo.php on line 1550

Warning: include() [function.include]: Failed opening '/home/xxx/public_html/forums/404.php ' for inclusion (include_path='.:/usr/lib/php:/usr/local/lib/php') in /home/xxx/public_html/forums/vbseo.php on line 1550

I have tried /usr/ and without... above is without.

The path is accurate and I can access the /forums/404.php page with no problems, but the page does not show with bad page request.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

Are you sure the 404 file is at /home/xxx/public_html/forums/ ?

What is an actual link to that 404 page?

100% sure... no doubt about it.

Link to page: http://www.proaudioshack.com/forums/404.php

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check the path in the 404.php file itself.

<?php
header("HTTP/1.0 404 Not Found");
header("Status: 404 Not Found");
$_GET['do']='page';
$_REQUEST['do']='page';
$_GET['template']='404';
$_REQUEST['template']='404';
define('VBSEO_PREPROCESSED', 1);
include '/home/xxxxx/public_html/forums/misc.php';
?>